From The Guardian, Linda Geddes , Edited by Amal Udawatta, Reconstructions of a Neanderthal man, left, and woman at the Neanderthal museum in Mettmann, Germany. Photograph: Martin Meissner/AP If you thought Neanderthals survived on a diet of foraged berries and uncooked animal flesh, think again. Charred remnants of what appear be the world’s oldest cooked meal ever found have been unearthed in a cave complex in northern Iraq, prompting speculation that Neanderthals may have been foodies "Our findings are the first real indication of complex cooking – and thus of food culture – among Neanderthals,” said Chris Hunt, a professor of cultural paleoecology at Liverpool John Moores University , who coordinated the excavation. A microscopic image of the charred remains of pulse-rich food from the Shanidar Cave Hunt and his colleagues have even tried to recreate one of the recipes, using seeds gathered from nearby the caves. “It made a sort of pancake-cum-flatbread which was really