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Neanderthals’ 125,000-Year-Old “Fat Factory” Confirmed as First Large-Scale Bone-Grease Operation

Science Advances paper reveals systematic bone fragmentation with heating of 172 large mammals to extract lipids for potential storage.

Spanish Pebble Yields 43,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Face Abstraction, Fingerprint