The study was conducted by scientists from the University of Perdiu and Michigan. They examined the previously collected data and conducted experiments with rotting muscle tissue and larvae. It turned out that the larval meat was rich in nutrients. Perhaps the Neanderthals often ate such a meat, because in the conditions when the larvae emerged, they “hid”.
Before that, it was believed that the Neanderthals were hunters and that only large animals eaten the fresh meat. However, scientists suggested that they could eat meat with larvae and their spoiled, and they could buy too much energy and useful substances.
Some modern indigenous peoples are now eating meat with larvae as a subtlety. For example, inuites in the North Pole does not seem attractive, but such a meat ate with pleasure.
Scientists continue to discover how useful meat is and becomes very spoiled with larvae.
Source: Ferra
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