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Neanderthals at El Sidron cave in Spain appear to have a more limited diet of meat when compared to other Neanderthal groups. In February 2019, scientists reported evidence, based on isotope studies, that at least some Neanderthals may have eaten meat .
Neanderthals (/ n i ˈ æ n d ər ˌ t ɑː l, n eɪ-,-ˌ θ ɑː l / nee-AN-də(r)-TAHL, nay-, - THAHL; [7] Homo neanderthalensis or H. sapiens neanderthalensis) are an extinct group of archaic humans (generally regarded as a distinct species, though some regard it as a subspecies of Homo sapiens) who lived in Eurasia until about 40,000 ...
What did Neanderthals eat? Were they carnivorous, or did they also chow down on vegetables and mushrooms?
Neanderthals obtained protein in their diet from animal sources. [42] Evidence-based isotope studies show that Neanderthals ate primarily meat . [ 43 ] [ 44 ] [ 45 ] Neanderthals were probably apex predators , [ 46 ] and fed predominantly on deer, namely red deer and reindeer , as they were the most abundant game, [ 47 ] but also on ibex , wild ...
Remains of 10 Neanderthals - seven adults and three infants - were dug up there six decades ago, offering insight into the physical characteristics, behavior and diet of this species.
Archaeologists have uncovered a structure that was used by Neanderthals in present-day Gibraltar tens of thousands of years ago, including a pit dug into the ground at the seaside Vanguard Cave ...
The Gibraltar 1 skull, discovered in 1848 in Forbes' Quarry, was only the second Neanderthal skull and the first adult Neanderthal skull ever found.. The Neanderthals in Gibraltar were among the first to be discovered by modern scientists and have been among the most well studied of their species according to a number of extinction studies which emphasize regional differences, usually claiming ...
Cro-Magnons are also portrayed interacting with Neanderthals, such as in J.-H. Rosny's 1911 Quest for Fire, H. G. Wells' 1927 The Grisly Folk, William Golding's 1955 The Inheritors, Björn Kurtén's 1978 Dance of the Tiger, Jean M. Auel's 1980 Clan of the Cave Bear and her Earth's Children series, and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas' 1987 Reindeer ...