A new study reveals that Stone Age humans in Germany operated a 'fat factory' to extract nutrients from animal bones.

New evidence reveals that Neanderthals were rendering fat from animal bones 125,000 years ago.

Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of a 125,000-year-old "fat factory" at a German lakeshore site. The discovery at ...

The evidence constitutes the earliest clear case of intensive grease-rendering yet documented for the Paleolithic.

The excavation of the archaeological site in Germany took place from 2004 to 2009 and was conducted by researchers from ...

Archaeological findings reveal Neanderthals operated a 'fat factory' 125,000 years ago in what is now Germany, smashing bones ...

Archaeological findings reveal Neanderthals operated a ‘fat factory’ 125,000 years ago in what is now Germany, smashing bones to extract essential fat during seasons when carbohydrates were scarce.  R ...

The researchers believe that Neanderthals, an extinct species of human known to have lived in that area as far back as ...

According to the authors, the huge cache of bones may have been collected over a period of time before being imported to ...

The hunting and gathering activities of early humans required a high-calorie diet consisting of a variety of ...

Nord, Germany, systematically transported and processed the bones of at least 172 large mammals to extract nutrient-rich ...

This practice has been documented as far back as 28,000 years ago, but has not been confirmed at older sites, making ...