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Fermented meat with a side of maggots: A new look at the Neanderthal diet

Fermented meat with a side of maggots: A new look at the Neanderthal diet

Traditionally, Indigenous peoples almost universally viewed thoroughly putrefied, maggot-infested animal foods as highly desirable fare, not starvation rations. In fact, many such peoples routinely and often intentionally allowed animal foods to decompose to the point where they were crawling with maggots, in some cases even beginning to liquefy. This rotting food would inevitably emit a stench so overpowering that early …

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Neanderthals likely ate fermented meat with a side of maggots

Neanderthals likely ate fermented meat with a side of maggots

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 and hyenas. But as a group, hominins – that’s Neanderthals, our species and other extinct close relatives – aren’t specialized flesh eaters. Rather, they’re more omnivorous, eating plenty …

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Plane that crashed, killing husband of ex-Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola, had too much moose meat and was dragged by antlers, NTSB says

Plane that crashed, killing husband of ex-Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola, had too much moose meat and was dragged by antlers, NTSB says

Juneau, Alaska — A small plane that crashed in 2023 while carrying moose meat for hunters in remote western Alaska, killing the husband of former U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, was overweight for takeoff and encountered drag from a set of antlers mounted outside, federal investigators said in a report released Tuesday. The National Transportation Safety Board, in its final report …

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Lab-Grown Meat Goes Upscale With Faux Foie Gras – The Wall Street Journal

Lab-Grown Meat Goes Upscale With Faux Foie Gras  The Wall Street Journal ‘Delicious’, ethical option or ‘Frankenstein’ food? Cultured meat has hit Australian menus  SBS Australia Readers speak: Changing animal agriculture to reckon with climate change  Hartford Courant LTTE: Invest in cultivated meat to fight climate change  Itemlive Source link

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