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 Stone Age.

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New research is overturning the traditional image of Neanderthals as savage hunters who devoured mammoths and deer, suggesting a more varied diet that included insect larvae. High nitrogen levels in ...

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 ...

Based on fossil finds, archaeologists are now piecing together how ancient humans thrived in a land dominated by dangerous large animals. A study published in the journal Science Advances has unveiled ...