There was a time when researchers doubted whether they liked the beach. There was no trace of him in marine environments. It was then pointed out that they were more complex ecosystems, which required skills that only sapiens, modern humans, would have. Several investigations have been breaking down this ethnocentrism: Homo neanderthalensis they carried that A wise man They will arrive in Europe. Now, a new work published in shows that, about 115,000 years ago, in a Mediterranean cave, they used strategies that sapiens would use much later, such as collecting mollusks in the cold months, when the risk of contamination was minimal and their flavor was maximum.
Neanderthals consumed mollusks 115,000 years ago, especially in the cold months
