The hunting and gathering activities of early humans required a high-calorie diet consisting of a variety of ...

The researchers believe that Neanderthals, an extinct species of human known to have lived in that area as far back as ...

Archaeological findings reveal Neanderthals operated a 'fat factory' 125,000 years ago in what is now Germany, smashing bones ...

A groundbreaking discovery in Germany has revealed a surprising aspect of Neanderthal life—one that showcases their ...

Nord, Germany, systematically transported and processed the bones of at least 172 large mammals to extract nutrient-rich ...

This practice has been documented as far back as 28,000 years ago, but has not been confirmed at older sites, making ...

But the diet of the Neanderthal was mostly based on meat, in any case." Even in human diets, meat consumption varies tremendously. Traditional diets of circumpolar indigenous groups, ...

The Neanderthals represent the richest, most robust and most studied species in the hominin record, other than our own. And thanks to the wealth of available specimens — including their remains, tools ...

But to really understand the most important thing these Neanderthal diet discoveries tell us, we have to look at them together. Together, ...

Neanderthals living 90,000 years ago in a seafront cave, in what’s now Portugal, regularly caught crabs, roasted them on coals and ate the cooked flesh, according to a new study.

Archaeological findings reveal Neanderthals operated a ‘fat factory’ 125,000 years ago in what is now Germany, smashing bones to extract essential fat during seasons when carbohydrates were scarce.  R ...