(CNN) — Neanderthals had a voracious appetite for meat. They hunted big game and chowed down on woolly mammoth steak as they huddled around a fire. Or so thought many archaeologists who study the ...

Neanderthals possibly had a secret ingredient in their kitchen that provided them with the fatty protein they needed to survive. Rather than feeding on lean game meat, our prehistoric sister lineage ...

Ever bite into a luscious-looking apple only to be rewarded with, ugh, a chunk of mealy pulp? Turns out that other creatures - including B. J. Leiderman, who does our theme music - associate the ...

Neanderthals had a voracious appetite for meat. They hunted big game and chowed down on woolly mammoth steak as they huddled around a fire. Or so thought many archaeologists who study the Stone Age.

Scientists long thought that Neanderthals were avid meat eaters. Based on chemical analysis of Neanderthal remains, it seemed like they’d been feasting on as much meat as apex predators such as lions ...

Maggot-infested meat likely provided Neanderthals and even some modern-day humans with a rich source of fat and nitrogen. Reading time 3 minutes Modern humanity’s most famous cousins, the Neanderthals ...

Maggots love to feed on decaying fruit. New research explains how they found this out and the implications for having texture be such a big deal. Ever bite into a luscious-looking apple only to be ...