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🥖🔨 Ah yes, because nothing screams culinary advancement like trying to decipher the ancient art of cooking with rocks and twigs. Next up: how to pair your mammoth steak with the perfect vintage of fermented bog water. 🍷🦖
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/03/recreating-the-complex-cuisine-of-prehistoric-europeans/ #culinaryinnovation #ancientcooking #cookingwithrocks #mammothsteak #foodtrends #humor #HackerNews #ngated
Re-creating the complex cuisine of prehistoric Europeans

SEM analysis of pottery residues showed people combined fish with a wide variety of plants when cooking.

Ars Technica
Hari TulsidasAug 5, 2024

Leftover remnants offer insights into the lifestyle of species. Neanderthals lack substantial archaeological evidence on how they processed and consumed small creatures like birds, likely due to varied meat preparation methods that could have degraded bones. Researchers are now experimenting with ancient cooking techniques and ingredients to replicate how Neanderthals might have prepared their meals. #Archaeology #Neanderthals #AncientCooking #Science #History

https://www.inverse.com/science/neanderthal-cooking-ancient-diets?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=HariTulsidas%2Fmagazine%2FMind+and+Matter

This Is the Hidden Reason We Don't Know Much About Neanderthal Diets

A team of archaeologists butchered and processed birds the way Neanderthals would have in order to replicate the ancient cooking process to examine remnants.

Inverse