Scientists Recreate Neanderthal Cooking Methods and the Results Are Eye-Opening

What did Neanderthals like to eat? It sounds like a good icebreaker at a business diner but archaeologists studying our extinct cousins ask this question quite a lot. Learning about Neanderthals’ diets is a lot like ransacking your neighbor’s trash bins. Maybe you find a lot of chicken wing bones and you quickly surmise Bob really likes his KFC without ever asking. Likewise, archaeologists study the diets of Neanderthals and early Homo sapiens by carefully studying the bones and butchering tools across sites where these populations were known to live.