Dr Geoff M Smith

Large-scale processing of within-bone nutrients by Neanderthals, 125,000 years ago Neanderthals intensively processed a minimum of 172 large mammals for grease and marrow fat, 125,000 years ago.

Fascinating analysis on grease-rendering at a warm-temperate Neanderthal "fat factory" near German lakes. Animal parts from cervids, equids & bovids were transported from kill sites, and maybe cached, for processing. Lutz Kindler, Sabine G-W, @geoffreymsmith.bsky.social et al. 🏺#zooarchaeology 🦣 🦌

Examples of hammerstone-induced impact damage on long bones from NN2/2B.

Large-scale processing of within-bone nutrients by Neanderthals, 125,000 years ago 🏺🧪
Lutz Kindler, @geoffreymsmith.bsky.social, et al
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Grease rendering “fat factory” predating the Upper Paleolithic,
is an important addition to our knowledge of Neanderthal adaptations

Discovered: A Neanderthal ‘fat factory’ from 125,000 years ago | CNN New research reveals the extraordinary lengths Stone Age humans went to in order to get fat on the menu.

Write up in CNN on our Neumark-Nord 2 work with a quote from me edition.cnn.com/2025/07/04/s...

Really good write up of our work at Neumark-Nord 2. Such a great project to work on during my time @paleomonrepos.bsky.social

Neanderthals boiled bones in 'fat factories' to enrich their lean diet Germany digs reveal a large-scale operation 100,000 years earlier than oldest known fat rendering by modern humans.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Large-scale processing of within-bone nutrients by Neanderthals, 125,000 years ago Neanderthals intensively processed a minimum of 172 large mammals for grease and marrow fat, 125,000 years ago.

Cool! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Rekonstruktion des Seebeckens in Neumark Nord mit altsteinzeitlicher Großfauna. - Copyright Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt

Nachweise für umfangreiche Fettgewinnung durch Neandertaler vor 125.000 Jahren am Fundplatz Neumark-Nord. #Archäologie in #SachsenAnhalt...
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Bild: Rekonstruktion des Seebeckens in Neumark Nord mit altsteinzeitlicher Großfauna. (c) LDA Sachsen-Anhalt, Karol Schauer.

Nachweise für umfangreiche Fettgewinnung durch Neandertaler vor 125.000 Jahren am Fundplatz Neumark-Nord. Ein internationales Forscherteam legt neue Untersuchungen an den im Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt verwahrten Funden vor.
Weitere Informationen: idwf.de/-DQszAA

The Neumark-Nord 2/2B site was excavated through year-round campaigns by a core team from 2004 to 2009, alongside an international field school that included more than 175 students in total. (photo/©: Wil Roebroeks)

Neanderthals ran "fat factories" 125,000 years ago: Groundbreaking discovery in Germany reveals large-scale fat processing by Neanderthals 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/neanderthals...

#Neanderthals Ran “Fat Factories” 125,000 Years Ago. Groundbreaking discovery by @paleomonrepos.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social @leizarchaeology.bsky.social and the LDA in Saxony reveals large-scale fat processing by Neanderthals:
idw-online.de/de/news854632

#archaeology #paleolithic #prehistory

Large-scale processing of within-bone nutrients by Neanderthals, 125,000 years ago Neanderthals intensively processed a minimum of 172 large mammals for grease and marrow fat, 125,000 years ago.

New paper in #ScienceAdvances led by @paleomonrepos.bsky.social and @unileiden.bsky.social on #Neanderthal adaptation 125ka years ago at Neumark-Nord 2, Germany. Our study shows large-scale grease rendering thousands of years earlier than previously thought: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🦣🧪🏺

Large-scale processing of within-bone nutrients by Neanderthals, 125,000 years ago Neanderthals intensively processed a minimum of 172 large mammals for grease and marrow fat, 125,000 years ago.

Try this: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Spotting her first MALDI plate! Thanks to @archaeoprotein.bsky.social for offering this wonderful training opportunity to @sarahbarakat.bsky.social and helping us further develop our ZooMS capacity in Aberdeen @uoa-archaeology.bsky.social - and for running our first PALaEoScot samples with us!

congratulations

Late Paleolithic whale bone tools reveal human and whale ecology in the Bay of Biscay - Nature Communications Here the authors apply ZooMS, radiocarbon, and stable isotope analyses to whale bones from the Bay of Biscay. They find that humans were utilizing the remains of at least five species of whales from 2...

Lovely publication on #ZooMS, #radiocarbon, and #stableisotopes of Late Palaeolithic whale bone tools!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Pleistocene chronology and history of hominins and fauna at Denisova Cave - Nature Communications Here, the authors present mtDNA and chronological data for sediments from excavations in the South Chamber of Denisova Cave, from which they construct a timeline of hominin and faunal occupation that ...

A nice update on the chronology of Denisova Cave! I wish more sites had this type of resolution 🥹⏳️🏺🦣🧪

This interactive 1.5 hour webinar allows students and researchers from around the world to ask questions from our panel of #ZooMS and #Zooarchaeology experts: @geoffreymsmith.bsky.social, Camilla Speller, @abigaildesmond.bsky.social, Emmanuel Discamps, @mcodlin.bsky.social and Naihui Wang.

We are hosting a free online ‘Ask Us Anything’ event as part of the Integrating ZooMS and Zooarchaeology workshop series. For more info and to submit questions: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

📅 Date: June 30, 2025
🕒 Time: 15:00 CET
📍 Location: Online (link: univ-tlse2.zoom.us/j/9775805212...)

Graphical abstract of the publication.

New publication! 🎉 Here you can read all about dog drool, bleach, and a probable Central Asian Neanderthal child:
doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...

2025 @nhsf.bsky.social 1st annual conference 10th July 2025
Call for Posters!

Deadline 30th April 2025.

Excellent opportunity for #palaeoproteomics, #ZooMS researchers. A diverse range of heritage science. Great for PhD students and ECRs.

www.heritagescienceforum.org.uk/what-we-do/2...

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Editorial on archaeological science
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A male Denisovan mandible from Pleistocene Taiwan Denisovans are an extinct hominin group defined by ancient genomes of Middle to Late Pleistocene fossils from southern Siberia. Although genomic evidence suggests their widespread distribution through...

Our paper on the #palaeoproteomic identification of a male Denisovan mandible from Taiwan is out in @science.org !
doi.org/10.1126/scie...

In @nature.com we report the presence of the Mesolithic on Malta - upending everything we knew about the seafaring capabilities of late European hunter-gatherers and pushing back Maltese prehistory by 1000 years. Watch the clip, link to open access paper is below. 1/5
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Fascinating new information on Denisovans and exciting #palaeoproteomics. Can’t wait to read the paper in detail. Changing our understanding of human evolution again.

A male Denisovan mandible from Pleistocene Taiwan Denisovans are an extinct hominin group defined by ancient genomes of Middle to Late Pleistocene fossils from southern Siberia. Although genomic evidence suggests their widespread distribution through...

Incredibly proud that our paper on the #palaeoproteomics analysis of the Penghu mandible, led by @tsutatsuta.bsky.social and in collaboration with Chun-Hsiang Chang, Enrico Cappellini and co, is out now in
@science.org! doi.org/10.1126/scie...

ESHE 2025 goes to Paris, France! Join us in person for talks and posters from Sept 25–27, with a public keynote on Sept 24. Excursion details are coming soon. More info on the meetings page this March! #ESHE2025

Congratulations on the excellent research. Can’t wait to read the paper fully.

Hunter-gatherers journeyed by sea to Malta Evidence reveals that people reached Malta 8,500 years ago. Hunter-gatherers made the long trip there 1,000 years before agricultural societies arrived.

My summary of the exciting new excavations by @elliescerri.bsky.social and her colleagues, showing Mesolithic hunter gatherers arrived to Malta by sea