Neanderthals dried hunks of big game meat for easy transport

September 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Studying the ratio between the index and ring fingers of two Neanderthals and one Australopithecus afarensis skeleton, University of Liverpool researchers have shown that human ancestors conflicted on monogamy. Lead researcher Emma Nelson says that the ratio between the index and ring fingers is thought to be a telltale marker for how much an individual was exposed to the androgen class of hormones-specifically testosterone-while in the womb.

September 20th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A team of researchers is probing the links between modern humans and Neanderthals. Homo neanderthalensis nearly made it through two Ice Ages in Europe, and disappeared roughly 30,000 years ago.

September 14th, 2009 LONDON - Archaeologists have discovered teeth and bones from late Ice Age animals, including hyenas, deer and woolly rhinos at a cave in Devon, UK, which may yield clues as to why Neanderthals became extinct. According to a report by BBC News, the dig, organised by the University of Durham and the University of Sheffield, is part of a study into Neanderthals.

September 5th, 2009 LONDON - Veterinary scientists have said that as the world warms, slabs of meat would lose their juiciness, and become soggier, blander, leaner, darker and more prone to spoilage. According to a report in New Scientist, this is all because the quality of our meat depends on whether or not animals experience heat stress during transport to the abattoir.

August 14th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A University of Arizona (UA) anthropologist has discovered that humans living at a Paleolithic cave site in central Israel between 400,000 and 250,000 years ago were as successful at big-game hunting as were later stone-age hunters at the site, but that the earlier humans shared meat differently. "The Lower Paleolithic (earlier) hunters were skilled hunters of large game animals, as were Upper Paleolithic (later) humans at this site," said UA anthropology professor Mary C.

August 12th, 2009 WASHINGTON - In a new study, scientists have determined that at least some of the European early modern humans consistently consumed fish 40,000 years ago, supplementing their diet of terrestrial animals. The study was carried out by Erik Trinkaus, professor of anthropology at Washington University in St.

July 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - The wound that killed a Neanderthal man between 50,000 and 75,000 years was most likely caused by a thrown spear, the kind modern humans used but Neanderthals did not, according to the latest research. "What we've got is a rib injury, with any number of scenarios that could explain it," said Steven Churchill, professor at Duke University.

July 8th, 2009 COPENHAGEN - A new theory has suggested that an infectious disease carried by Homo sapiens migrating out of Africa was responsible for the demise of the Neanderthal 30,000 years ago. According to a report in The Copenhagen Post, Professor emeritus Bent Sorensen of the University of Roskilde said that disease carried by Homo sapiens migrating out of Africa was responsible for the gradual extinction of our prehistoric cousins in the same way that European illnesses ravaged Native American populations in the sixteenth century.

June 26th, 2009 Spokane cops arrest alleged meat thief ringleaderSPOKANE, Wash. — Police have arrested a man they contend led an organized ring of thieves who stole meat from area grocery stories.

June 14th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Meat and meat products have many disease-preventing, health-promoting benefits, which according to a research makes them a viable option to be used as functional foods. The research highlighted that enriching meats with fibre, probiotics and omega-3 fatty acids may help consumers to link meat with a healthy lifestyle.

May 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new analysis has indicated that Neanderthals, which are generally considered as the 'stupid' cousins of modern humans, were sophisticated, intelligent, and fearless hunters, capable of capturing the most impressive animals. Although it is now clear that Neanderthals were hunters and not scavengers, their exact hunting methods are still something of a mystery.

May 3rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Students from Virginia Tech University have developed an easy-to-use seasoning which adds flavour to meat without the mess of traditional marinade. Made from all natural ingredients, 'Spice N Easy' seasoning does not need to be refrigerated and has a long shelf life.

April 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - In a new study, scientists have confirmed that the Neanderthals constituted three separate sub-groups, between which slight differences could be observed. Paleoanthropological studies based on morphological skeletal evidence have offered some support for the existence of three different sub-groups: one in Western Europe, one in southern Europe and another in the Levant.

April 8th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Even in forests, sex sells. A new study has found that male chimpanzees that share meat with females double their chances of having sex with them.

April 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new study has suggested that Neanderthals may have acted in much the same way as early modern humans, and were much savvier than previously thought. According to a report in the Scientific American, to compare the behavior of Neanderthals and early moderns, paleoanthropologist Bruce Hardy of Kenyon College studied artifacts from a site in southwestern Germany called Hohle Fels.