Historical and ethnographic literature from across Africa suggests bee products, honey and larvae, had considerable importance both as a food source and in the making of honey-based drinks. To investigate this, a team of researchers from the University of Bristol and Goethe University analyzed lipid residues from 458 prehistoric pottery …
Read More »Stone Age Humans Hunted Cave Lions for Their Pelts, Research Suggests
According to a new study, Stone Age humans may have hunted Eurasian cave lions (Panthera leo spelaea) for their pelts, perhaps contributing to their extinction. Cave lion (Panthera leo spelaea) by Heinrich Harder, 1920. The Eurasian cave lion is an extinct subspecies of lion that lived on the Eurasian continent …
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