Neanderthals may have eaten maggots on purpose, and researchers say it actually made sense |
For thousands of years, our understanding of Neanderthals painted them as brute-force hunters, powerful, relentless, and single-mindedly carnivorous. They chased mammoths across frozen plains, brought down bison with coordinated effort, and were ranked by scientists alongside lions and hyenas at the very top of the prehistoric food chain. But a new study is adding a…