Neanderthals had a taste for fat, and they worked hard to get it. Long before humans built cities or invented writing, these ...

Archaeologists in Germany have uncovered astounding evidence of a 125,000-year-old "fat factory" run by Neanderthals. A new ...

New research suggests that they smashed animal bones into tiny pieces before boiling them to extract the high-calorie grease ...

What we eat helps shape who we are. That’s why paleoanthropologists are so fascinated by ancient diets; they hold clues to ...

Archaeological findings reveal Neanderthals operated a 'fat factory' 125,000 years ago in what is now Germany, smashing bones ...

A new study shows evidence of Neanderthal “fat factories” dating back as far as 125,000 years ago. The study found ...

A team of archaeologists has announced a major finding relating to the Neanderthals. They announced the finding in the ...

An ancient human site in Germany features animal bones that were smashed into small pieces and heated to extract fat 125,000 ...

The Neanderthals are our closest extinct relatives, and they continue to fascinate as we peer back through tens of thousands ...

Nord, Germany, systematically transported and processed the bones of at least 172 large mammals to extract nutrient-rich ...

According to the authors, the huge cache of bones may have been collected over a period of time before being imported to ...

Neanderthals could have consumed the fat they produced as a “greasy broth” to which plants may have been added for flavor as well as nutritional value, suggested study coauthor Geoff Smith, a ...