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Recent research reveals that Neanderthals had a diverse diet influenced by their environment, including seafood, plants, fungi, and occasionally cannibalism, challenging the stereotype of them as solely mammoth hunters and highlighting their dietary flexibility and possible use of medicinal plants.
Construction for an electricity project in the U.K. led to the discovery of an Anglo-Saxon burial site in Lincolnshire, dating back at least 1,400 years, containing the remains of a teenage girl and a child along with various tools, jewelry, and pottery. The site, deemed a "striking discovery" by Wessex Archaeology, will undergo scientific analyses to understand the population's genetic background, diet, and familial relationships, shedding light on Anglo-Saxon life and death in the region. This finding is part of a series of archaeological discoveries along the cable route for the Viking Link energy project, including a wheelbarrow from the Bronze Age and a Romano-British farmstead.
A recent study challenges the stereotype of Neanderthals as primitive cavemen, revealing that they were actually early seafood aficionados. Excavations in a cave in Portugal have uncovered evidence of Neanderthals regularly harvesting and roasting large brown crabs approximately 90,000 years ago. The remains suggest that Neanderthals had a discerning palate and enjoyed the tender and sweet meat of these crabs. The findings debunk the notion that Neanderthals were solely top-level carnivores and provide further evidence of their sophisticated dietary preferences.
Enigmatic ivory rings found in Anglo-Saxon burials in England have been identified as originating from African elephants living about 4,000 miles away, suggesting a trading network that spanned from eastern Africa to post-Roman Europe. The rings, too large to fit a finger, were likely used to hold open cloth bags tied to the waist. The discovery sheds light on the extensive and complex trading networks of the fifth to seventh centuries and provides insight into the status and cultural practices of wealthy Anglo-Saxon women.