Neanderthals may have dined on putrid flesh and protein-packed larvae, not just mammoth steaks. A new study challenges the myth of the Ice Age “hypercarnivore.”| www.anthropology.net
Mysterious Unfired Clay Sculptures Found in Mexican Cave — In the sacred Cueva del Rey Kong‑Oy in Oaxaca’s Sierra Mixe region, archaeologists have recorded up to 72 unfired clay figures ranging from about 2 ft 3 in (0.7 m) to 6 ft 6 in (2.0 m) tall, created over a millennium ago. These have been discovered gradually over the last few years, but this is a new study. Anyway, the figures include men, women (some anatomically distinct), children in seated or reclining poses,...| www.ancientbeat.com