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A recent study challenges traditional views of Neanderthals as limited hunters by showing they skillfully processed small birds and used fire for cooking, which may have led to underrepresentation of such behaviors in the archaeological record due to bone fragility and preservation biases, suggesting a higher level of cognitive and behavioral complexity than previously thought.
A new study reveals that early humans began using fire around 50,000 years ago, much earlier than previously thought, influencing regional environments and the global carbon cycle, with implications for understanding human impact on climate history.
A new study suggests that early humans used fire not primarily for cooking, but to protect and preserve large animal meat through smoking and drying, which later facilitated cooking, highlighting a shift in dietary practices driven by the need to safeguard food sources.