Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A taste for maggots could explain a distinctive chemical signature detected in Neanderthal remains, research suggests. - Science ...

Neanderthals had a voracious appetite for meat. They hunted big game and chowed down on woolly mammoth steak as they huddled around a fire. Or so thought many archaeologists who study the Stone Age.

On Tuesday 3 November, the Algarve Archaeological Association (AAA) will host two lectures in English by zooarchaeologist ...

Study of rotting human cadavers hints that a puzzling chemical marker in Neanderthal remains could be from eating the larvae. The finding adds to the picture that researchers are painting of how our ...

The original paleo diet might have included fewer succulent steaks and more juicy maggots. Neandertals are often depicted at the top of the food chain for their time, consuming as much meat as lions ...

Scientists long thought that Neanderthals were avid meat eaters. Based on chemical analysis of Neanderthal remains, it seemed like they'd been feasting on as much meat as apex predators such as lions ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The popular conception of the Neanderthal as a club-wielding carnivore is, well, rather primitive, according to a new study conducted at MIT. Instead, our prehistoric cousin may ...