Cave reveals early men ate roasted tortoises

[Still Waters]

Prehistoric men living in Qesem Cave, Israel nearly half a million years ago ate tortoises, say archaeologists based on shell and bone remains found in the site, which bore clear marks of man-caused damage and burning. It is the oldest-known example of cooked tortoise cuisine.

What ancient humans ate has always been of vast interest, and the answer seems to be largely, whatever they could get their hands on.

http://www.haaretz.c...eology/1.700532

[Sir Smoke aLot]

Poor tortoise, nature gave her natural cooking pan.

[Summerin1905]

RIP tortoise.