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

An ancient human site in Germany features animal bones that were smashed into small pieces and heated to extract fat 125,000 ...

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

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

An analysis of ancient animal bones found in Germany suggests that Neanderthals extracted grease from them to gobble up ...

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

125,000-Year-Old Neanderthal “Fat Factory” Shows They Gorged On Bone Grease The energy-packed fat could've been added to stews to make them more nutritious. Benjamin Taub. Benjamin Taub.

Neanderthals might have been extinct for 30,000 years but their genomes live on in modern humans. And now scientists believe that modern Europeans share a number of genes involved in the build-up ...

Neanderthal groups looked and acted differently than once ... his team writes that the meat and fat from a kill like that could sustain 25 people for three months or hundreds of people for a ...

Neanderthals went extinct 30,000 years ago, ... fat metabolism and a host of other traits and conditions. However, just because we can see a gene doesn't mean we know how it works.

Two recent studies of Neanderthal archaeological sites (one on the coast of Portugal and one in central Germany) demonstrate yet again that our extinct cousins were smarter and more adaptable than ...