New research highlights the prevalence of maggots as an easily obtained, nutrient-rich supplement of ancient hominin diets.
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Neanderthals Might Have Eaten Maggot-Infested, Putrefying Meat, Explaining a Mysterious Chemical Signature in Their Remains
Unexpected chemical traces in Neanderthal remains had previously led experts to suggest our long-extinct relatives were eating more meat than humanly possible. But a study published Friday in the ...
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The Neanderthal trophic anomaly: Our extinct cousins either ate mammoths or insane amounts of maggots
There’s something about Neanderthals that doesn’t quite add up. Based on the type of nitrogen detected in their collagen, ...
The maggots of this parasitic fly feed on live flesh, preferring livestock but also infecting humans, and can be fatal. And now the presence of the New World screwworm has been confirmed in the United ...
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