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A Leiden University–led study at the Neumark-Nord site near Leipzig shows Neanderthals operated “fat factories” about 125,000 years ago, deliberately selecting a lakeside location to extract marrow and render fat from hundreds of bones, demonstrating advanced planning and resource management far earlier than previously thought.
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.
New research reveals that Neanderthals in Germany 125,000 years ago operated a 'fat factory' by processing animal bones to extract grease, indicating advanced planning, dietary strategies, and cognitive skills previously thought to be exclusive to later Homo sapiens.