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Neanderthals likely ate fermented meat with a side of maggots

  • Written by Melanie Beasley, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Purdue University
Neanderthals likely ate fermented meat with a side of maggotsBlack soldier fly maggots can feed on decomposing animals. Melanie M. Beasley

Scientists long thought that Neanderthals were avid meat eaters. Based on chemical analysis of Neanderthal remains, it seemed like they’d been feasting on as much meat as apex predators such as lions and hyenas. But as a group, hominins – that’s...

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