New research is overturning the traditional image of Neanderthals as savage hunters who devoured mammoths and deer, suggesting a more varied diet that included insect larvae. High nitrogen levels in ...
Using chemical clues from Neanderthal bones, researchers have placed the species at the top of the food chain, alongside apex ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Melanie Beasley, Purdue University (THE CONVERSATION) Scientists long thought that ...