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Hot Stew in the Ice Age? Evidence
Shows Neanderthals Boiled Food
An ancient diet expert suggests our early cousins knew how to
boil their meals.
This female Neanderthal, found in a cave in Gibraltar, may have
enjoyed foods heated in birch bark
trays.
PHOTOGRAPH BY KENNETH GARRETT, NATIONAL
GEOGRAPHIC
Dan Vergano
National Geographic
PUBLISHED APRIL 30, 2014
Neanderthal cooking likely wouldn't have won any prizes on
Top Chef,
but a paleontologist suggests that our ancient cousins knew how
to
cook a mean stew, without even a stone pot to their name.
"I think it's pretty likely the Neanderthals boiled," said
University of Michigan
archaeologist John Speth at a recent meeting of the Society for
American
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Archaeology in Austin, Texas. "They were around for a long
time, and they were very
clever with fire."
Neanderthals were a species of early humans who lived in
Europe and the Near East
until about 30,000 years ago. Conventional wisdom holds that
boiling to soften food or
render fat from bones may have been one of the advantages that
allowed Homo
sapiens to thrive, while Neanderthals died out. (Related:
"Surprise! 20 Percent of
Neanderthal Genome Lives on in Modern Humans, Scientists
Find.")
But based on evidence from ancient bones, spears, and porridge,
Speth believes our
Stone Age cousins likely boiled their food. He suggests that
Neanderthals boiled using
only a skin bag or a birch bark tray by relying on a trick of
chemistry: Water will boil at a
temperature below the ignition point of almost any container,
even flammable bark or
hides.
"You can boil in just about anything as long as you take it off
the flame pretty quickly,"
Speth says. His presentation included video of water boiling in
a paper cup (the water
keeps the paper from reaching its ignition temperature) and
mention of scenes in Jean
Auel's 1980 novel,Clan of the Cave Bear (later a movie), in
which Neanderthals boiled
stews in hide pouches.
"This wasn't an invention of some brainy modern people," Speth
says. (Related:
"Neanderthals Lived in Small, Isolated Populations, Gene
Analysis Shows.")
Quest for Fire
While conceding that Neanderthals were handy with wood and
fire, archaeologists such
as Mary Stiner of the University of Arizona in Tucson want to
let Speth's idea simmer for
a while before they swallow it.
"Whether they went as far as boiling stuff in birch bark
containers or in hides is harder to
evaluate," Stiner says. "I am not convinced."
The use of fire by humans goes back more than 300,000 years in
Europe, where
evidence is seen in Neanderthal hearths. (Related: "Oldest
Known Hearth Found in
Israel Cave.")
But most research has supported the idea that Stone Age
boiling, which relied on
heating stones in fire pits and dropping them into water, arrived
on the scene too late for
Neanderthals.
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neanderthal-genes-genetics-migration-africa-eurasian-science/
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oldest-hearth-israel-cave-new-human-species-discovery-
archaeology-science/
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02550
Evidence of cracked "boiling stones" in caves used by early
modern humans, for
example, goes back only about 26,000 years, too recent for
Neanderthals. And pottery
for more conventional boiling appears to be only about 20,000
years old.
Birch Bubbling
But who needs boiling stones or pots? Speth suggests that
Neanderthals boiled foods in
birch bark twisted into trays, a technology that prehistoric
people used to boil maple
syrup from tree sap.
Archaeologists have demonstrated that Neanderthals relied on
birch tar as an adhesive
for hafting spear points as long as 200,000 years ago. Making
birch tar requires clever
cooking in an oxygen-free container, says paleontologist
Michael Bisson of Canada's
McGill University.
"I've burned myself trying to do it," Bisson says, adding that
Neanderthals were plenty
clever when it came to manipulating birch. They likely ignited
rolled-up birch bark
"cigars" and plunged them into holes to cook the tar in an
oxygen-free environment.
If the tar is exposed to oxygen in the air as it cooks, "it
explodes," Bisson adds.
Supporting the boiling idea, Speth said that animal bones found
in Neanderthal settings
are 98 percent free of scavenger's gnawing marks, which he says
suggests the fat had
been cooked off.
And some grains found in the teeth of a Neanderthal buried in
Iraq's Shanidar Cave site
appear to have been cooked, according to a 2011Proceedings of
the National
Academies of Science report.
"It is speculative, but I think it is pretty likely that they knew
how to boil," Speth says.
In a separate talk at the meeting, University of Michigan
paleontologistAndrew
White noted recent evidence that Neanderthal mothers weaned
their children at an
earlier age than human mothers typically do. He said the early
transition from milk to
food supports the theory that Neanderthals boiled their
youngsters' food to make it more
digestible.
The idea that Neanderthals could probably boil their food first
came to Speth as he
watched an episode of the TV show Survivorman. Stuck in East
Africa with only dirty
water to drink, host Les Stroud sterilized the muddy liquid by
boiling it in a plastic bag.
"Who says you can't learn anything from TV?" says Speth. "I
figured if we could boil
water in a plastic bag, then Neanderthals could do it in a birch
tray."
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age-stew-soup-making-may-be-older-than-wed-thought
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Correction: The discplines of two experts mentioned in the
story, Dr. Speth and Dr.
Stiner, have been corrected.
Follow Dan Vergano on Twitter.
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science/
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neanderthals-cook-food-evolution-science/Hot Stew in the Ice
Age? Evidence Shows Neanderthals Boiled FoodAn ancient diet
expert suggests our early cousins knew how to boil their meals.
Read Chapter 9.
Team Intervention Questions: Answer the following questions
based on your comprehension of Chapter 9:
1. Give three characteristics of an effective team.
2. What distinguishes a high performance team from effective
teams? At your work place, which team best describes your
setting and why?
3. According to Richard Beckhard, why must teams meet other
than for sharing information?
4. Describe the role of the consultant in the process consultation
model. Is this an effective role for the consultant?
5. Which team intervention method do you prefer and why?
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  • 1. Hot Stew in the Ice Age? Evidence Shows Neanderthals Boiled Food An ancient diet expert suggests our early cousins knew how to boil their meals. This female Neanderthal, found in a cave in Gibraltar, may have enjoyed foods heated in birch bark trays. PHOTOGRAPH BY KENNETH GARRETT, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Dan Vergano National Geographic PUBLISHED APRIL 30, 2014 Neanderthal cooking likely wouldn't have won any prizes on Top Chef, but a paleontologist suggests that our ancient cousins knew how to cook a mean stew, without even a stone pot to their name. "I think it's pretty likely the Neanderthals boiled," said University of Michigan archaeologist John Speth at a recent meeting of the Society for American http://news.nationalgeographic.com/ https://genographic.nationalgeographic.com/neanderthals- article/ http://www.bravotv.com/top-chef
  • 2. https://www.lsa.umich.edu/anthro/people/faculty/ci.spethjohnd_ ci.detail http://www.saa.org/ Archaeology in Austin, Texas. "They were around for a long time, and they were very clever with fire." Neanderthals were a species of early humans who lived in Europe and the Near East until about 30,000 years ago. Conventional wisdom holds that boiling to soften food or render fat from bones may have been one of the advantages that allowed Homo sapiens to thrive, while Neanderthals died out. (Related: "Surprise! 20 Percent of Neanderthal Genome Lives on in Modern Humans, Scientists Find.") But based on evidence from ancient bones, spears, and porridge, Speth believes our Stone Age cousins likely boiled their food. He suggests that Neanderthals boiled using only a skin bag or a birch bark tray by relying on a trick of chemistry: Water will boil at a temperature below the ignition point of almost any container, even flammable bark or hides. "You can boil in just about anything as long as you take it off the flame pretty quickly," Speth says. His presentation included video of water boiling in a paper cup (the water keeps the paper from reaching its ignition temperature) and mention of scenes in Jean
  • 3. Auel's 1980 novel,Clan of the Cave Bear (later a movie), in which Neanderthals boiled stews in hide pouches. "This wasn't an invention of some brainy modern people," Speth says. (Related: "Neanderthals Lived in Small, Isolated Populations, Gene Analysis Shows.") Quest for Fire While conceding that Neanderthals were handy with wood and fire, archaeologists such as Mary Stiner of the University of Arizona in Tucson want to let Speth's idea simmer for a while before they swallow it. "Whether they went as far as boiling stuff in birch bark containers or in hides is harder to evaluate," Stiner says. "I am not convinced." The use of fire by humans goes back more than 300,000 years in Europe, where evidence is seen in Neanderthal hearths. (Related: "Oldest Known Hearth Found in Israel Cave.") But most research has supported the idea that Stone Age boiling, which relied on heating stones in fire pits and dropping them into water, arrived on the scene too late for Neanderthals. http://www.saa.org/ http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/10/neanderthals/hall- text
  • 4. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/01/140129- neanderthal-genes-genetics-migration-africa-eurasian-science/ http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/01/140129- neanderthal-genes-genetics-migration-africa-eurasian-science/ http://www.pnas.org/content/108/2/486.full?tab=author-info http://www.waspress.co.uk/journals/beforefarming/journal_2012 2/abstracts/index.php http://www.jeanauel.com/books.php http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/04/140421- neanderthal-dna-genes-human-ancestry-science/ http://www.u.arizona.edu/%7Emstiner/ http://www.pnas.org/content/108/13/5209.full http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/01/140129- oldest-hearth-israel-cave-new-human-species-discovery- archaeology-science/ http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/01/140129- oldest-hearth-israel-cave-new-human-species-discovery- archaeology-science/ http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S03054403080 02550 Evidence of cracked "boiling stones" in caves used by early modern humans, for example, goes back only about 26,000 years, too recent for Neanderthals. And pottery for more conventional boiling appears to be only about 20,000 years old. Birch Bubbling But who needs boiling stones or pots? Speth suggests that Neanderthals boiled foods in birch bark twisted into trays, a technology that prehistoric people used to boil maple syrup from tree sap.
  • 5. Archaeologists have demonstrated that Neanderthals relied on birch tar as an adhesive for hafting spear points as long as 200,000 years ago. Making birch tar requires clever cooking in an oxygen-free container, says paleontologist Michael Bisson of Canada's McGill University. "I've burned myself trying to do it," Bisson says, adding that Neanderthals were plenty clever when it came to manipulating birch. They likely ignited rolled-up birch bark "cigars" and plunged them into holes to cook the tar in an oxygen-free environment. If the tar is exposed to oxygen in the air as it cooks, "it explodes," Bisson adds. Supporting the boiling idea, Speth said that animal bones found in Neanderthal settings are 98 percent free of scavenger's gnawing marks, which he says suggests the fat had been cooked off. And some grains found in the teeth of a Neanderthal buried in Iraq's Shanidar Cave site appear to have been cooked, according to a 2011Proceedings of the National Academies of Science report. "It is speculative, but I think it is pretty likely that they knew how to boil," Speth says. In a separate talk at the meeting, University of Michigan paleontologistAndrew
  • 6. White noted recent evidence that Neanderthal mothers weaned their children at an earlier age than human mothers typically do. He said the early transition from milk to food supports the theory that Neanderthals boiled their youngsters' food to make it more digestible. The idea that Neanderthals could probably boil their food first came to Speth as he watched an episode of the TV show Survivorman. Stuck in East Africa with only dirty water to drink, host Les Stroud sterilized the muddy liquid by boiling it in a plastic bag. "Who says you can't learn anything from TV?" says Speth. "I figured if we could boil water in a plastic bag, then Neanderthals could do it in a birch tray." http://www.u.arizona.edu/%7Emstiner/pdf/Manne_etal2005.pdf http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/02/06/171104410/stone- age-stew-soup-making-may-be-older-than-wed-thought http://www.mcgill.ca/anthropology/people/fulltime/michaelbiss on http://www.pnas.org/content/108/2/486.full http://www.pnas.org/content/108/2/486.full https://mcommunity.umich.edu/%23profile:aawhite https://mcommunity.umich.edu/%23profile:aawhite http://lesstroud.ca/survivorman/home.php Correction: The discplines of two experts mentioned in the story, Dr. Speth and Dr. Stiner, have been corrected.
  • 7. Follow Dan Vergano on Twitter. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/04/140430- neanderthals-cook-food-evolution- science/ https://twitter.com/dvergano http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/04/140430- neanderthals-cook-food-evolution-science/ http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/04/140430- neanderthals-cook-food-evolution-science/Hot Stew in the Ice Age? Evidence Shows Neanderthals Boiled FoodAn ancient diet expert suggests our early cousins knew how to boil their meals. Read Chapter 9. Team Intervention Questions: Answer the following questions based on your comprehension of Chapter 9: 1. Give three characteristics of an effective team. 2. What distinguishes a high performance team from effective teams? At your work place, which team best describes your setting and why? 3. According to Richard Beckhard, why must teams meet other than for sharing information? 4. Describe the role of the consultant in the process consultation model. Is this an effective role for the consultant? 5. Which team intervention method do you prefer and why?