The Neumark-Nord site, discovered back in the 1980s, covers roughly 70 acres. In this region, Neanderthals hunted and ...

The researchers believe that Neanderthals, an extinct species of human known to have lived in that area as far back as ...

The Neanderthals are our closest extinct relatives, and they continue to fascinate as we peer back through tens of thousands ...

Archaeological findings reveal Neanderthals operated a 'fat factory' 125,000 years ago in what is now Germany, smashing bones ...

An ancient human site in Germany features animal bones that were smashed into small pieces and heated to extract fat 125,000 ...

According to the authors, the huge cache of bones may have been collected over a period of time before being imported to ...

An exciting discovery at a German archaeological location has given new insight into the eating habits of our Neanderthal ...

Nord, Germany, systematically transported and processed the bones of at least 172 large mammals to extract nutrient-rich ...

Neanderthals had selected the longest bones that would have contained the most marrow, the study found. An AI generated impression of what the fat factory site may have looked like 125,000 years ...

Archaeological evidence from Neumark-Nord, Germany, indicates Neanderthals were rendering fat from animal bones about 125,000 years ago, predating similar practices by other early humans by nearly ...

Neanderthals could have consumed the fat they produced as a “greasy broth” to which plants may have been added for flavor as well as nutritional value, suggested study coauthor Geoff Smith, a ...

Archaeological findings reveal Neanderthals operated a 'fat factory' 125,000 years ago in what is now Germany, smashing bones to extract essential fat during seasons when carbohydrates were scarce.