Surprising: 115 000 Years Ago, Neanderthal Was Already Cooking Seafood in Winter
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Perhaps we differ less from Neanderthals than you think after all. New research shows that 115,000 years ago they were already collecting shellfish according to a striking seasonal pattern. Spanish researchers discovered that Neanderthal populations in Southern Europe collected shellfish year-round, but with a clear preference for the colder months of the year, from November […] More science? Read the latest articles on Scientias.nl.
The idea of an ancient humanity unable to take advantage of coastlines and seafood has been a reference in archaeology until recent years. Successive excavations on the Mediterranean shores tell a very different story. The shells of the Neandertalians collected in the cave of Los Aviones, near Cartagena, bear witness to seasonal know-how rooted in a fine knowledge of the marine biological cycles.A cave of Cartagena, 115 000 years of marine archi…
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