Lead poisoning has been a feature of our evolution A recent study found lead in teeth from 2 million-year-old hominin […]
Tag: Neanderthals
Fermented meat with a side of maggots: A new look at the Neanderthal diet
Traditionally, Indigenous peoples almost universally viewed thoroughly putrefied, maggot-infested animal foods as highly desirable fare, not starvation rations. In fact, […]
Local cuisine was on the menu at Cafe Neanderthal
Gazelle prepared “a la Amud,” or “a la Kebara”? Neanderthals at Kebara had pretty broad tastes in meat. The butchered […]
We’ve had a Denisovan skull since the 1930s—only nobody knew
It’s a Denisovan? Always has been. After years of mystery, we now know what at least one Denisovan looked like. […]
Neanderthals invented their own bone weapon technology by 80,000 years ago
Working bone into a streamlined, aerodynamic spear point, then hafting it onto a shaft with tar that had to be […]