Archaeologists and anthropologists continue to search for artifacts and skeletal remains that will reveal more details about the daily lives and lifestyles of the Neanderthals, the human species that disappeared from the face of the Earth approximately 40,000 years ago. One area of research that has attracted a lot of attention is the Neanderthal diet, which appears to have had quite a bit of overlap with the prehistoric modern human diet. While previous research revealed that Neanderthals hunted large animals for food, just like humans, recent studies have found that they also killed and roasted various types of small birds, showing just how complex and diverse their diets really were. Neanderthal Child with Down’s Syndrome Received Compassionate Group Care Geneticists Think Neanderthals and Sapiens Started Breeding 47,000 Years Ago Read moreSection: NewsEvolution & Human OriginsRead Later