New research reveals that scavenging was a central part of human survival, not a primitive phase we left behind. By efficiently exploiting carcasses using tools, fire, and cooperation, early humans gained a powerful edge that helped shape our evolution. Credit: Shutterstock Researchers from IPHES-CERCA have contributed to a new study led by the National Research Center on Human Evolution (CENIEH) that challenges long-standing ideas about how early humans survived. Published in the journal