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

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 ...

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

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

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.

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 ...

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 ...

DNA studies suggest that Neanderthals underwent a steep decline in genetic diversity around 110,000 years ago—a forbidding omen of the species’ disappearance approximately 70,000 years later.

The teeth from a Neanderthal nicknamed Thorin were found in a cave in France. He lived about 40,000 to 45,000 years ago in an isolated community of the now extinct hominins.