plant use
A Neandertal recipe that tasted like the foods of later people
Looking at a fascinating new study that finds mixtures of different plants within ancient morsels of charred foods.
![A micrograph with a grass leaf cell structure visible surrounded by chunky blobs of stuff](/content/images/size/w1460/2022/11/shanidar-food-micrograph-grass-panel-kabukcu-2022.jpg)
Evidence of cooking rhizomes from an early Middle Stone Age context in Border Cave, South Africa
Border Cave has exceptional preservation of plant remains, giving a window into the diets of hominins.
![View from inside a cave looking at railing and sandbags](/content/images/size/w1460/2022/01/border-cave-wikipedia.jpg)
Remarkable preservation of an Acheulean campsite at Gesher Benot Ya'aqov
My notes on a publication describing evidence for cooking and eating fish, crabs, and plants