Scientists suggest that prehistoric human cousins used herbs like yarrow and camomile to improve the taste of their food mammoths . Chimps in Uganda also eat plants with their meat in a way that is thought to flavour their food so researchers believe Neanderthals also did the same . It build recent discoveries that suggest they also ate barley , olives and nuts . The findings transform the view of Neanderthals as unsophisticated brutes .
Scientists suggest that prehistoric human cousins used herbs like yarrow and camomile to improve the taste of their food around 50,000 years ago . Chimps in Uganda also eat plants with their meat in a way that is thought to flavour their food so researchers believe Neanderthals also did the same . It build recent discoveries that suggest they also ate barley , olives and nuts . The findings transform the view of Neanderthals as unsophisticated brutes .