Neanderthals extracted animal fat in advanced food prep process 125,000 years ago: report

Neanderthals living 125,000 years ago in what is now modern-day Germany may have extracted and eaten fat from animal bones through an organized food preparation process that scientists describe as a ‘fat factory.’ While excavating the site of a former lake landscape called Neumark-Nord, archaeologists discovered thousands of bones from at least 172 large mammals,…

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Human remains discovered days after devastating California fireworks facility explosion

Days after a California fireworks facility caught fire and exploded, authorities were able to reenter the building and confirm human remains were found. Two people were injured, and seven others were reported missing following the blast, which happened Tuesday night in Esparto, California. During a coordinated recovery operation, the Yolo County Coroner’s Division found human…

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