What did Neanderthals eat?
Ancient humans had much better diet than us and Neanderthals had better health. Based on their diet Neanderthals would not have suffered from much heart disease, cancer, or most viral diseases.
Today, humanity is plagued by health conditions linked to poor diet.
Neanderthals living on the coast of Portugal ate a variety of seafood as new research suggests.
Neanderthals ate vegetables
Analysis Of Oldest Human Feces revealed Neanderthals Ate Vegetables.
Neanderthal teeth revealed truth of the ‘paleo diet’.
Some Neanderthals ate mostly meat while others were vegetarian.
Bone fossils revealed cut marks suggestive of cannibalism.
During ice ages Neanderthal’s diet changed and food storage was used.
Neanderthals were hunters and meat eaters, and their robust bodies suggest it.
There is evidence suggesting they were cultivating some vegetables.
Neanderthals had immediate consumption of meat at the kill site, but they had skills for preservation and delayed consumption.
Most Neanderthals were hunter-gatherers, but food storage was used to overcome resource scarcity.
Fossil remains bear evidence of heavy dental wear, which suggests that Neanderthals used their teeth as tools or even as a third hand.
Most Neanderthals died well before they reached 40 years of age even though…
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