Archaeologists Discover Massive Neanderthal 'Fat Factory'

A large-scale Neanderthal ‘fat factory’ has been discovered at Neumark-Nord in Germany, where these ancient humans processed large numbers of animal carcasses. Also in the news: the oldest pterosaur in North America has been found, a new species of tree-climbing reptile from the Jurassic has been revealed, and much more!

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Sources:
Discovery of a Neanderthal Fat Factory in Germany:
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/s...
https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-...

Oldest pterosaur in North America:
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas...
https://www.sci.news/paleontology/eot...

First direct evidence of herbivorous pterosaurs:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...

New prehistoric climbing reptile Sphenodraco scandentis from the Jurassic of Germany:
https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...

How T. rex healed from injuries:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s4159...

Cosmic Ice Structure Revealed:
https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract...
https://www.sci.news/astronomy/low-de...

Orcas filmed ‘kissing’:
https://www.mdpi.com/2673-1924/6/2/37
https://phys.org/news/2025-07-affecti...

Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
0:29 - Discovery of a Neanderthal Fat Factory in Germany
2:52 - Oldest pterosaur in North America found
4:15 - First direct evidence of herbivorous pterosaurs
5:33 - New prehistoric climbing reptile from the Jurassic
6:41 - How T. rex healed from injuries
7:24 - The structure of 'cosmic ice'
8:34 - Orcas filmed ‘kissing’
10:00 - Outro