Just when you thought your academic research was TOTAL CRAP.... Scientists found five samples of human faecal matter at an archeological site called El Salt, in the floor of a rock shelter where Neanderthals once lived. Analysis of the samples provided a new understanding of the diet of this extinct human species, offering the first evidence that Neanderthals were omnivores who also ate vegetables as part of their meat-heavy diet, they said. “So far, it is the only fossil evidence that gives us information of the ingestion and the regular meals of our ancestors,” said Ainara Sistiaga yesterday , a geoarchaeologist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and University of La Laguna who was one of the researchers.
Posted on: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 05:52:42 +0000