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Mike Wehner
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Neanderthals and ancient Homo sapiens were similar in many important ways, but it's long been believed that our ancestors thrived because of their ability to adapt, and in some ways control, a changing environment. Homo sapiens are often depicted as omnivorous hunter-gatherers, while Neanderthals are usually seen as being primarily savage hunters, feasting on meat and little else. Over the years, we've gradually learned that this wasn't actually the case, and a new study provides some stunning evidence that Neanderthals not only ate plenty of carbs from starchy foods, but they did it so often that it altered the bacteria in their bodies.
The new paper, which was published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, focuses on the dead bacteria locked away inside the teeth of over 120 Neanderthals dating back as far as 100,000 years. By observing and classifying the bacteria that were present in the mouths of these individuals, the researchers were able to paint a rather vivid picture of their diets.
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