The Neanderthals were said to be running a “fat factory” around 125,000 years ago in modern-day Germany. A paper published in ...

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Neanderthals, by contrast, had prominent, projecting midfaces with broad noses and massive cheekbones — features often described as “robust.” Chimpanzees, too, wear their faces further forward.

A new study reveals that Stone Age humans in Germany operated a 'fat factory' to extract nutrients from animal bones.

The excavation of the archaeological site in Germany took place from 2004 to 2009 and was conducted by researchers from ...

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

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

According to the authors, the huge cache of bones may have been collected over a period of time before being imported to ...