Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A taste for maggots could explain a distinctive chemical signature detected in Neanderthal remains, research suggests. - Science ...

Scientists long thought that Neanderthals were avid meat eaters. Based on chemical analysis of Neanderthal remains, it seemed like they’d been feasting on as much meat as apex predators such as lions ...

For years, Neanderthals have been portrayed as relentless hunters, thriving on large, fresh game and relying heavily on meat to sustain themselves. This view was largely based on isotope analysis of ...

‘Would you rather eat slimy maggots or crunchy beetles?’ Survivalist Bear Grylls once answered Entertainment Weekly without hesitation: maggots slide down easier. It now appears Neanderthals may have ...

(CNN) — Neanderthals had a voracious appetite for meat. They hunted big game and chowed down on woolly mammoth steak as they huddled around a fire. Or so thought many archaeologists who study the ...

Lead author Melanie Beasley, an assistant professor of biological anthropology at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, found that a taste for maggots could explain a distinctive chemical ...