Neanderthals' 125,000-Year-Old Bone Grease Processing Site Discovered
TL;DR
Neanderthals in Germany 125,000 years ago developed a method to extract fat from animal bones, including marrow and grease, indicating advanced resource utilization that may have helped prevent nutritional deficiencies like protein poisoning, and suggesting they practiced innovative food processing behaviors earlier than previously thought.
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- 125,000-year-old 'fat factory' run by Neanderthals discovered in Germany Live Science
- 125,000-Year-Old Neanderthal “Fat Factory” Shows They Gorged On Bone Grease IFLScience
- Neanderthals Ran “Fat Factories” 125,000 Years Ago Universiteit Leiden
- Neanderthals had a 'fat factory' where they processed bones for grease New Scientist
- Neanderthals had a “fat factory” for processing bone grease 125,000 years ago – much earlier than thought Popular Archeology
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