Shanidar
Ancient amputations tell remarkable stories of survival and care
A 33,000-year-old case of an amputated leg prompts comparisons to earlier Neandertal instances of amputation.
![Skull of the Shanidar 1 individual with portions of the upper body skeleton visible, on a blue velvet table](/content/images/size/w1460/2022/09/shanidar-1-skull-and-skeleton-iraq-national-museum-osama-shukir-muhammed-amin-wikipedia-1.jpg)
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)