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I saw this on the BBC and thought you should see it:
New insight into secret lives of Neanderthals - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-39205530
Neanderthals chew the bark of poplar trees to relieve toothache. It contains salicylic acid, the active ingredient of aspirin.
Analysis of their dental tartar showed that they regularly consumed the penicillin mould, an antibiotic, 40,000 years before Fleming rediscovered it.
The new study also looked into their diet. While Neanderthals from Belgium ate a lot of meat, those from Spain were almost vegan. That's a rather extreme difference in lifestyle when you think about it. Homo sapiens in all the world had more similar eating habits than two groups of West European Neanderthals!
New insight into secret lives of Neanderthals - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-39205530
Neanderthals chew the bark of poplar trees to relieve toothache. It contains salicylic acid, the active ingredient of aspirin.
Analysis of their dental tartar showed that they regularly consumed the penicillin mould, an antibiotic, 40,000 years before Fleming rediscovered it.
The new study also looked into their diet. While Neanderthals from Belgium ate a lot of meat, those from Spain were almost vegan. That's a rather extreme difference in lifestyle when you think about it. Homo sapiens in all the world had more similar eating habits than two groups of West European Neanderthals!
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