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A Major Difference Between Neanderthals and Ancient Humans? Chowing Down on Maggots.

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We’re living through a golden age of archaeological discovery about our distant cousins, the Neanderthals. We’ve recently learned they were much more intelligent than we used to give them credit for, and culinarily, they were much more into insects than we’ve ever been. Though it probably wasn’t on purpose.



According to a new study published in Science Advances, researchers analyzed ancient DNA trapped in dental plaque from 18 Neanderthals, 745 early modern humans, and

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