New Evidence Suggests Neanderthals Were Rendering Fat Nearly 100,000 Years Before Other Early Humans
GERMANY, JUL 2 – Neanderthals extracted fat from over 172 large animals by smashing and boiling bones to avoid protein poisoning and sustain energy during scarcity, researchers say.
- Neanderthals were rendering fat from crushed animal bones around 125,000 years ago in the Neumark-Nord region of Germany, as indicated by new archaeological research published in Science Advances.
- This finding shows that Neanderthals used fat extraction much earlier than modern humans, who have been using the process for at least 28,000 years.
- The extra calories from bone-derived grease were vital to human evolution, potentially increasing lifespan and reproduction.
- The research suggests that fat extraction may have saved Neanderthals from risks associated with their largely meat-based diet, which posed dangers like protein poisoning.
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Ancient people produced fat.
Neanderthals had animal fat 'factories' up and running 125,000 years ago
Archaeological research finds marrow-rich bones in clusters, suggesting extinct species of human rendered fat in intelligent way Neanderthals living 125,000 years ago may have mass-produced grease from animal bones in "factories", a study has found. They may have been rendering fat from crushed animal bones in the Neumark-Nord region in central Germany, according to archaeological research, published in Science Advances. While many bones that co…
Neanderthals ensured their survival with, among other things, fat, which they won in specially built factories. Researchers are currently evaluating well over 100,000 bones and tools that were found near Halle. The findings are astounding.
Complex and multi-stage organization was required to operate the fat factory efficiently.
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