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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Valid Probability

A numerical value representing the likelihood of an event, where the probability is between 0 and 1, inclusive.

Poisson Random Variable

Represents a statistical measure that models the number of times an event happens in a fixed interval of time or space when these events occur with a known constant mean rate independently of the time since the last event.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion in a set of values, calculated as the square root of variance.

Discrete Random Variable

A type of random variable that can take on a countable number of distinct values, often used to model scenarios where outcomes are countable.