Why Might Neanderthals Have Been More Affected by Changes in Food

question 17

Multiple Choice

Why might Neanderthals have been more affected by changes in food sources that H. Sapiens?

• A) ​Neanderthals were primarily meat eaters.
• B) ​Neanderthals had no ability to store food.
• C) ​Neanderthals had no tools with which to process food.
• D) ​Neanderthals could digest a limited number of proteins.
• E) ​Neanderthals required a greater number of essential amino acids.

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