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Ixneigh t1_j7x3e12 wrote

I wonder if they were able to eat it all before it spoiled?

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is0ph t1_j7z4yiu wrote

Same question here. I heard one of the researchers state that one of these elephants “contained” 2500 daily meals. I guess you need to form a party to kill one, if there are 50 people they would have been able to feed themselves and 200 relatives for 10 days. As it’s stated in another study about Neanderthals cooking crab over fires, if you cook part of the meat, or if it’s cold enough, storing over 10 days seems possible.

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Raichu7 t1_j82771b wrote

Depending on where they lived, they could have frozen meat or dried meat to preserve it, and you can smoke meat anywhere if you build something to trap the smoke in around the fire. If there’s a party to hunt and kill the elephant the party can all chip in to preserve it.

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