Roughly 125,000 years ago, Neanderthals gathered near a lake to extract the grease contained within animal bones. To do so, ...

What we eat helps shape who we are. That’s why paleoanthropologists are so fascinated by ancient diets; they hold clues to ...

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

A new study shows evidence of Neanderthal “fat factories” dating back as far as 125,000 years ago. The study found ...

A paper published in the journal Science found that these ancestors had an extensive process of extracting fat from animal ...

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

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 ...

A team of archaeologists has announced a major finding relating to the Neanderthals. They announced the finding in the ...

This practice has been documented as far back as 28,000 years ago, but has not been confirmed at older sites, making ...

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

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

125,000-year-old site used as ‘fat factory’ by Neanderthals unearthed in Germany By Irene Wright. July 3, 2025 11:43 AM.