Why Might Neanderthals Have Been More Affected by Changes in Food

question 48

Multiple Choice

Why might Neanderthals have been more affected by changes in food sources than 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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Biotic Potential

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