Neanderthals Munched On Marmots And Beavers, Rare Horde Of Butchered Rodent Bones Reveals

Scientists Just Discovered That Neanderthals Loved Eating Beaver

Paleontology has been on a real Neanderthal tear lately, with all sorts of discoveries about how our ancient ancestors lived. Today, we learned a new factoid from a preprint study on ResearchSquare, published by researchers and found by IFLScience: Neanderthals loved eating beaver. Okay, cool it, you pervs. I mean literal beaver, and marmots, too. We’ve long […]

Neanderthals Munched On Marmots And Beavers, Rare Horde Of Butchered Rodent Bones Reveals

They didn't specialize in this type of prey, but new evidence suggests they were occasionally on the menu.