[ **up: [[Homo (Genus)]] | [[Prehistoric peoples]]** ] --- # Neanderthals (*Homo neanderthalensis*) + Went extinct approx. 50,000 years ago.[^1] - [[2024-0414. Neanderthal and Stone Age peoples are believed to have breastfed on demand for several years.]][^2] --- ## Diet ### Medicine [[Researchers have found that a Neanderthal “with a dental abscess had been eating a type of fungus, a penicillin-producing mould, imply knowledge of its antibiotic properties.”]][^3] [^1]: Merlin Sheldrake, *[[Sheldrake. 'Entangled Life', 2021.|Entangled Life]]* (UK: Vintage, 2021), p. 9. [^2]: M. Papasavrou, et al, ‘[[Papastavrou, et al. ‘Breastfeeding in the Course of History’, 2015.|Breastfeeding in the Course of History]], *Journal of Pediatrics & Neonatal Care* 2, issue 6 (8 September 2015), p. 1. [^3]: Merlin Sheldrake, *[[Sheldrake. 'Entangled Life', 2021.|Entangled Life]]* (UK: Vintage, 2021), p. 9.