Chris Stringer

@chrisbstringer.bsky.social

Palaeoanthropologist at the Natural History Museum London. Posts are my own, and when I repost or like, it does not signify I necessarily agree with all content https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/departments-and-staff/staff-directory/chris-stringer.html

I’m fascinated today reading a recent article about insect-eating and ancient dental calculus. In brief, Neanderthals have as much insect DNA in their dental calculus as western chimpanzees, while ancient European modern people have a lot less. www.johnhawks.net/p/traces-of-...

Traces of insect DNA in dental calculus may reveal bug-eating past

A study finds that Neanderthals had comparable insect trace evidence as gorillas and western chimpanzees.

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