Neathanderthals were basically chefs in the first open kitchen

We may have to rethink the image of our ancestors as meat-obsessed carnivores. It turns out that they were more like your mother, likely forcing their children to down overcooked vegetables.

Time reports that a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows that Neanderthals ate grains and vegetables. And that they cooked those ingredients alongside meat on an open fire.