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Henry et al. in PNAS, “Microfossils in calculus demonstrate consumption of cooked foods in Neanderthal diets”

Posted on December 28, 2010 by

“Neanderthals diet includes the consumption of a variety of plant foods, in the form of phytoliths and starch grains recovered from dental calculus of Neanderthal skeletons from Shanidar Cave, Iraq, and Spy Cave, Belgium. Some of the plants are typical … Continue reading →

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