Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Black soldier fly maggots can feed on decomposing animals. Melanie M. Beasley Scientists long thought that Neanderthals were avid ...

Neanderthals became known as carnivores because of their hunting, but scientists now say this is inaccurate - Science History/Alamy Neanderthals loved eating maggots and were not the total carnivores ...

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 ...

Neanderthals probably ate something most of us would find hard to swallow—meat that was left to rot, ferment, and fill up with maggots. According to a new study, this unappetizing menu choice could ...