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Did Neanderthals Use Medicinal Plants to Treat Illness

Did Neanderthals Use Medicinal Plants?

Aug 09, 2025-By Caiden Pannell

Dental calculus from El Sidrón and Shanidar has produced molecular evidence that Neanderthals selected plants for medicinal rather than nutritional value.

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