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A view of the Shanidar Cave in Iraq’s Zagros Mountains, where some of the charred plant remains were discovered
Courtesy of Chris Hunt
Prehistoric cooking may have been more complex than we thought, according to a study published last week in the journal Antiquity.
Researchers analyzed charred food remains