Prehistoric humans ate bone marrow like canned soup 400,000 years ago...

ScienceDaily ^ | October 9, 2019 | American Friends of Tel Aviv University

[SunkenCiv]

Tel Aviv University researchers, in collaboration with scholars from Spain, have uncovered evidence of the storage and delayed consumption of animal bone marrow at Qesem Cave near Tel Aviv, the site of many major discoveries from the late Lower Paleolithic period some 400,000 years ago.

The research provides direct evidence that early Paleolithic people saved animal bones for up to nine weeks before feasting on them inside Qesem Cave...

The researchers contend that the deer metapodials were kept at the cave covered in skin to facilitate the preservation of marrow for consumption in time of need.

The researchers evaluated the preservation of bone marrow using an experimental series on deer, controlling exposure time and environmental parameters, combined with chemical analyses. The combination of archaeological and experimental results allowed them to isolate the specific marks linked to dry skin removal and determine a low rate of marrow fat degradation of up to nine weeks of exposure.

[SunkenCiv]

Full title -- Prehistoric humans ate bone marrow like canned soup 400,000 years ago: Bone and skin preserved the nutritious marrow for later consumption

[SunkenCiv]

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[TigersEye]

... people saved animal bones for up to nine weeks before feasting on them ....

Leftovers again, Ma?

[Vendome]

Damned straight they did..
Bone marrow is the bomb!

[null and void]

What was this before it was leftovers?

[IndispensableDestiny]

I love roasted in the bone marrow.

[Lurker]

Roasted marrow...yum.

L

[bigbob]

Cream of Marrow

Marrow and Noodles

Chunky Marrow

[posterchild]

Lamb shank marrow is my favorite. I need a big hammer to break the cooked bones though.

[BipolarBob]

Container label was translated as “Camp Bulls Soup”.

[MomwithHope]

Growing up Dad made a lot of round steak. Cooked to death but it was good, always with the circular bone. That’s how it came. Getting the marrow was a special deal. Yummy!

[mrsmith]

I’m scratching my head.
It sounds like the researchers saved the bones with skin- and meat- on them. And then removed and threw away everything but the bone and marrow.
I don’t think our ancestors could bring themselves to throw away all that jerky.
Though maybe saving the meat, by slicing it so it could dry perhaps,may have allowed the marrow to spoil.

[TigersEye]

Venison.

[libh8er]

Relishing bone marrow is fine, but also consider donating some. Can save lives.

[SunkenCiv]

The researchers weren't trying to prepare food, they were testing to see if they had the right idea about why the remains were in such a condition.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks.

[SunkenCiv]

Mmm, mmm, good...

A Rumination on the Invention of Soup
(e-SoupSong 23: March 1, 2002)
http://soupsong.com/zmar02.html

Neanderthals Made Mammoth Jerky
Jennifer Viegas, Discovery News
Genetic Link Found | Discovery News Video
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/06/23/neanderthal-mammoth.html
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2277820/posts

[SunkenCiv]

Stone Age Stew? Soup Making May Be Older Than We’d Thought ...
Feb 6, 2013
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2013/02/06/171104410/stone-age-stew-soup-making-may-be-older-than-wed-thought

[Rushmore Rocks]

Agreed!!! I even invested in marrow spoons.

[smokingfrog]

Mushroom Marrow Soup
Found some growing in the back of the cave.