Every week, I share something I learned in the previous seven days. I usually find these while I'm putting my weekly newsletter together but somehow, they don't quite fit! This week I learned that Neanderthals ran 'fat factories' - a carefully constructed site where they could maximise opportunities to eat mammoths and rhinos to get more of this important nutrient. Neanderthals ran ‘fat factories’ 125,000 years agoFat is a very valuable food component, packed with calories, especially important when other resources might be scarce. Our earliest ancestors in Africa already cracked open bones to extract the fatty marrow from bone cavities. But now a new study published in Science Advances demonstrates that our…Leiden University Get better at work. Every Week. One Email. Practical Tools. Real Progress. Get the Mail Email sent! Check your inbox to complete your signup. Join 2000+ readers. No Spam. Unsubscribe Anytime.
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