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Anthropology

bucolic_frolic

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1. "detailed knowledge of nutrition"

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sat Jul 5, 2025, 09:33 AM

Jul 5

Asserting intellectual knowledge maybe a bit premature? They were hungry.

Shall we extrapolate further? Women's work is always in the kitchen.

The guy Neanderthals were sitting on logs watching Babes with Bones.

The girl nutritionists knew what they were doing, the pre-cursor of Keto diet.

Germany? The Drumpf's were there.

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Neanderthals Operated "Fat Factories" 125,000 Years Ago [View all] Judi Lynn Jul 5 OP

"detailed knowledge of nutrition" bucolic_frolic Jul 5 #1

Incidentally, it almost impossible to imagine this "Industrial-Scale processing" 70sEraVet Jul 5 #2

I'll pass on the bone grease soup Shermann Jul 5 #3

They may have used it to cook grains, roots and plants. pandr32 Jul 5 #6

That's a good point Shermann Jul 5 #8

The marrow part would be good though. COL Mustard Jul 5 #7

Over the last few decades, scientific consensus on how intelligent Neanderthalers were... Wounded Bear Jul 5 #4

Sounds like the Neaderthals created the original Greaze Burger BoRaGard Jul 5 #5

I wonder whether they used the fat for other reasons too nuxvomica Jul 5 #9