Adelaide – The Neanderthal Man’s diet? Rhino meat or mouflon in Central Europe, mushrooms, moss and pine nuts in Spain. The original menu, its regional distinctions and certain diseases of our distant ancestors were obtained from analysis on the DNA of dental tartar, subject of an international study published on “Nature”. The work, led by researchers Laura S. Weyrich and Alan Cooper of the University of Adelaide, saw the contribution Davide Caramelli, Department of Biology, University of Florence. (9colonne)
