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Holistic Nutrition in History: Neanderthals Used Plants for Medicine?

Written by Tracey Abell, ACHS President | Feb 21, 2023 10:57:21 PM
An international team of scientists from the University of Sydney's Faculty of Agriculture and Environment recently identified that Neanderthals "cooked veggies and used plants for medicine". [1]


What does this mean to us? While much of the research about Neanderthals  describes them as primarily meat eaters, this new research suggests that they consumed far more plants than originally thought, making their diet more broad, including the use of plants for medicine.

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[1] Retrieved from: http://www.healthcanal.com/alternative-therapies/30915-Neanderthals-cooked-veggies-and-used-plants-for-medicine.html