This week's question: New research suggests that Neanderthals, once thought of as "hypercarnivores" who mostly ate fresh kill, often subsisted on the fatty maggots that infested rotting animal carcasses. What name would you give a diet based around the maggot-heavy meals favored by our prehistoric cousins?
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