Neanderthals liked their veggies, too
Friday, December 31, 2010 - 21:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Often considered pure meat eaters, a new analysis of Neanderthal teeth shows that the species also ate plants and even cooked them. The finding challenges the idea that limited food sources caused their extinction.Neanderthals ate plants — and even cooked them — just as their human cousins did, according to a new analysis of Neanderthal teeth.