Using chemical clues from Neanderthal bones, researchers have placed the species at the top of the food chain, alongside apex predators like lions – feasting on big animals such as mammoths or bison.
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 ...
Yamni is a professor at Swansea University, leading the Swansea University Maggot Research Group, and the Love a Maggot public engagement campaign. She is also currently a research supervisor for a ...