New research suggests that they smashed animal bones into tiny pieces before boiling them to extract the high-calorie grease ...

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

Archaeologists in Germany have uncovered astounding evidence of a 125,000-year-old "fat factory" run by Neanderthals. A new ...

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

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

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

However, Neanderthals took this process even one step further by creating sophisticated fat-rendering “factories” 125,000 years ago, according to a statement released by Leiden University.

Stone Age humans living by a lake in what’s now Germany systematically processed animal carcasses for fatty nutrients — essentially running what scientists describe as a “fat factory ...

Inside a 1,25,000-year-old Neanderthal ‘fat factory’ in Germany, scientists find clues to survival Researchers believe the Neanderthals crushed bones rich in marrow using stone tools and then boiled ...