Neanderthals Operated 125,000-Year-Old Fat Factories in Germany
TL;DR
Neanderthals 125,000 years ago may have operated specialized 'factories' for rendering animal fat, challenging previous assumptions about their cognitive abilities and resource management skills, with evidence found at the Neumark-Nord site in Germany.
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- Neanderthals had ‘factories’ up and running 125,000 years ago The Telegraph
- 125,000-year-old ‘fat factory’ run by Neanderthals discovered in Germany CNN
- Neanderthals operated prehistoric “fat factory” 125,000 years ago on German lakeshore Archaeology News Online Magazine
- Ancient Neanderthal 'Fat Factory' Reveals How Advanced They Really Were ScienceAlert
- New evidence suggests Neanderthals were rendering fat nearly 100,000 years before other early humans Phys.org
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