“Scientists tested seven different extraction methods, including cutting, percussion, air drying, soaking, direct heat, and different cooking techniques to determine which method was not only easiest, but caused the least amount of harm. They found that a process known as pit seaming, or slow cooking, was the most efficient, as it allowed for the teeth to be extracted with relative ease, without damaging them. This also meant that the meat could be eaten and the bones remained suitable for toolmaking.”
Interesting! I’ve wondered how the bones for tool making weren’t ruined by cooking. I’d guessed they were painstakingly butchered out of the raw flesh, much more difficult than barbecuing until the meat falls off the bone!
I was going to guess protected rotting until I read the information given about methods. I guess slow cooking is a step faster than the even slower cooking of the rot process.