Melanie Beasley
Melanie Beasley is a researcher at Purdue University, formerly affiliated with the Forensic Anthropology Center at the University of Tennessee. She is involved in studies that explore the diets of ancient humans, including Neanderthals, and her recent findings indicate that maggots were a significant source of nutrition for these early humans.
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Greece:
Dr. Melanie Beasley, an anthropologist at Purdue University, suggests that Neanderthals had a more varied diet than previously thought.
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Ukraine:
Melanie Beasley, an associate professor of biological anthropology at Purdue University, suggests that the consumption of larvae may explain the unique chemical indicators in Neanderthal bones.
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United Kingdom:
Dr Melanie Beasley, a member of the team at Purdue University, measured heavy nitrogen in putrefying muscle and maggots.
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