A group of international researchers discovered that Neanderthals knew the medicinal and nutritional qualities of some plants such as chamomile and yarrow. Researchers drew these conclusions following an analysis of plaque present in the fossil teeth of six Neanderthals in the archaeological site of El Sidron, Spain, Naturwissenschaften magazine said.
Neanderthals used yarrow and chamomile for “home cures”
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A group of international researchers discovered that Neanderthals knew the medicinal and nutritional qualities of some plants such as chamomile and yarrow. Researchers drew these conclusions following an analysis of plaque present in the fossil teeth of six Neanderthals in the archaeological site of El Sidron, Spain, Naturwissenschaften magazine said.