Neanderthals ate their vegetables. Neanderthals have been known as great meat eaters, but researchers have been picking their teeth:
But a new analysis of Neanderthal remains from across the world has found direct evidence that contradicts the chemical studies. Researchers found fossilised grains of vegetable material in their teeth and some of it was cooked.
Although pollen grains have been found before on Neanderthal sites and some in hearths, it is only now there is clear evidence that plant food was actually eaten by these people.
This study is the latest to suggest that, far from being brutish savages, Neanderthals were more like us than we previously thought.
You seem to imply that those of us who enjoy eating meat are brutish savages.
I’m surprised you never noticed this before. In the posts there’s frequently quoted text that’s indicated by a gray line to the left of it. You think I write every word in these posts?
Or perhaps your comment is addressed not to me but to the BBC writer who wrote the original story. Read the original and then decide if he’s saying meat eaters are brutish.
I rarely read beyond what you post. I did read and appreciate Sybil’s last link. I figure you are the filter for the rest of us. I’m not sure it matters much if a line there. (I do understand the material is cut and pasted) I figure you are personally accepting the logic of the post whether you are the author or not if you put it up without a personal comment, although I realize it is Tuesday.
For the record I purchased steaks to pass out as Christmas gifts this year. Not very imaginative but they were clearly appreciated by the Neanderthals. (Can I still call my family that?)