Scientists long thought that Neanderthals were avid meat eaters. Based on chemical analysis of Neanderthal remains, it seemed like they’d been feasting on as much meat as apex predators such as lions ...
Unexpected chemical traces in Neanderthal remains had previously led experts to suggest our long-extinct relatives were eating more meat than humanly possible. But a study published Friday in the ...
Neanderthals had a voracious appetite for meat. They hunted big game and chowed down on woolly mammoth steak as they huddled around a fire. Or so thought many archaeologists who study the Stone Age.
New research is overturning the traditional image of Neanderthals as savage hunters who devoured mammoths and deer, suggesting a more varied diet that included insect larvae. High nitrogen levels in ...
Scientists long thought that Neanderthals were avid meat eaters. Based on chemical analysis of Neanderthal remains, it seemed like they’d been feasting on as much meat as apex predators such as lions ...
Neanderthals became known as carnivores because of their hunting, but scientists now say this is inaccurate - Science History/Alamy Neanderthals loved eating maggots and were not the total carnivores ...
The original paleo diet might have included fewer succulent steaks and more juicy maggots. Neandertals are often depicted at the top of the food chain for their time, consuming as much meat as lions ...
New research suggests Neanderthals ate rotten flesh and maggots, explaining why the levels of nitrogen-15 found in their remains are so high. Cory Doctorow via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 2.0 ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Melanie Beasley, Purdue University (THE CONVERSATION) Scientists long thought that ...