Neanderthals boiled bones in ‘fat factories’ to enrich their lean diet

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Neanderthals boiled bones in ‘fat factories’ to enrich their lean diet

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NatureEnglish · 8 days ago

Germany digs reveal a large-scale operation 100,000 years earlier than oldest known fat rendering by modern humans.

Nature, Published online: 03 July 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02104-w

Germany digs reveal a large-scale operation 100,000 years earlier than oldest known fat rendering by modern humans.

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