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The real Paleo diet: Neanderthals dined on rotten meat and maggots, study suggests

By CNN

Published: July 26, 2025 at 7:00AM EDT

Lead author Melanie Beasley captured this image of a "maggot mass" for a follow-up study related to the newly released paper. (Melanie Beasley via CNN Newsource)

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