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Why Modern Europeans Turn Up Their Noses at Bugs, But Neanderthals Didn’t

Insects are, by most measures, an excellent food. They pack in protein, need a fraction of the land and water that livestock does, and over 1,600 species are already recognized as edible somewhere on Earth. Hundreds of millions of people... Continue Reading →

Prehistoric humans ate bone marrow like canned soup 400,000 years ago

Tel Aviv University researchers, in collaboration with scholars from Spain, have uncovered evidence of the storage and delayed consumption of animal bone marrow at Qesem Cave near Tel Aviv, the site of many major discoveries from the late Lower Paleolithic... Continue Reading →

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