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science11 days ago•5 min saved

Ancient elephant butchered 1.8 million years ago at Olduvai Gorge, study says

A new study reports the earliest direct evidence that early human ancestors butchered elephants about 1.8 million years ago at Tanzania’s Olduvai Gorge, where stone tools were found alongside bones of Elephas recki. The findings suggest deliberate, systematic processing of megafauna and a food surplus that would have aided survival, signaling a major ecological and technological shift with larger, more complex occupation sites rather than opportunistic scavenging.

via Fox News|

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archaeology3 months ago•50 min saved

Kenya’s 1.6-million-year-old bones reveal planned meat processing by early humans

Analysis of over 1,000 bones from FwJj 80 in Kenya’s Koobi Fora Formation shows cut marks and marrow-extraction damage from stone tools, indicating early Homo butchered carcasses and transported prime meat away from kill sites across diverse habitats. This suggests planning and flexible foraging that could have supported higher energy needs for brain growth and social cooperation, with patterns similar to older sites like FLK Zinj and Kanjera South, pointing to continuity in meat-use strategies across landscapes.

via Archaeology News Online Magazine|

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science5 months ago•4 min saved

Two Neanderthal Kitchens, One Landscape: Distinct Food Traditions Unearthed

A study of Neanderthal groups at Amud and Kebara caves in northern Israel, living 70,000–50,000 years ago, shows they used similar hunting tools but butchered meat differently: Amud bones were burned and fragmented far more (about 40%) than Kebara bones (about 9%), indicating distinct food-preparation traditions likely passed through social learning and culture, suggesting Neanderthals had organized, tradition-driven subsistence practices as well as social grouping. The research is published in Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology.

via The Daily Galaxy|

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archaeology1 year ago•3 min saved

Neanderthal Groups Exhibited Unique Culinary Traditions

Two Neanderthal groups living close in northern Israel around 50,000-60,000 years ago showed different butchery techniques, suggesting the development of distinct cultural traditions in processing animal carcasses, despite similar environments and tools.

via Ynetnews|

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science3 years ago•5 min saved

Evidence of Cannibalism Found on Ancient Human Relative's Bone

Cut marks made by a stone tool on a 1.5-million-year-old human relative's bone found in northern Kenya appear to be the oldest evidence of one hominin butchering another, according to a study published in Scientific Reports. The discovery raises the possibility that the remains were cannibalized. Cannibalism requires that both the consumer and consumed be of the same species. The closer the practice gets to Homo sapiens, the more complex and uncomfortable the questions it raises.

via The Washington Post|

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