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Neandertals' Main Food Source Was Definitely Meat
EurekAlert! ^ | February 18, 2019 | Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

Posted on 02/20/2019 10:17:16 AM PST by SunkenCiv

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Tooth of an adult Neandertal from Les Cottés in France. Her diet consisted mainly of the meat of large herbivore mammals. Credit: © MPI f. Evolutionary Anthropology/ A. Le Cabec

Tooth of an adult Neandertal from Les Cottés in France. Her diet consisted mainly of the meat of large herbivore mammals. Credit: © MPI f. Evolutionary Anthropology/ A. Le Cabec

1 posted on 02/20/2019 10:17:16 AM PST by SunkenCiv
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The Neandertal Enigma
by James Shreeve

in local libraries
"Frayer's own reading of the record reveals a number of overlooked traits that clearly and specifically link the Neandertals to the Cro-Magnons. One such trait is the shape of the opening of the nerve canal in the lower jaw, a spot where dentists often give a pain-blocking injection. In many Neandertal, the upper portion of the opening is covered by a broad bony ridge, a curious feature also carried by a significant number of Cro-Magnons. But none of the alleged 'ancestors of us all' fossils from Africa have it, and it is extremely rare in modern people outside Europe." [pp 126-127]

2 posted on 02/20/2019 10:18:42 AM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
KEYWORDS: neandertal; neandertals; neanderthal; neanderthals
3 posted on 02/20/2019 10:19:06 AM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: SunkenCiv

Awww, baloney.

I’m sure it was betel nut and tofu; that’s what killed ‘em.


4 posted on 02/20/2019 10:19:12 AM PST by budj (combat vet, 2nd of 3 generations)
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To: SunkenCiv

Humans are omnivores: meat and plants. It’s how it is in nature. Anyone who claims that we shouldn’t eat meat is against nature.


5 posted on 02/20/2019 10:19:48 AM PST by I want the USA back (Lying Media: willing and eager allies of the hate-America left.)
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To: budj; I want the USA back
Yeah, the stench of the AGW hoax and veganism are all over some of this story.

6 posted on 02/20/2019 10:21:31 AM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: SunkenCiv

7 posted on 02/20/2019 10:21:54 AM PST by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys)
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To: SunkenCiv

Free Range Pterodactyl: It’s what’s for dinner.


8 posted on 02/20/2019 10:23:24 AM PST by lee martell
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To: Slyfox
Great, now I'm hungry.

9 posted on 02/20/2019 10:25:30 AM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: lee martell
Great, we just ran out of those extra long buns.

10 posted on 02/20/2019 10:26:42 AM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: SunkenCiv
I thought they liked mango chutney.


11 posted on 02/20/2019 10:27:00 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: SunkenCiv

Having the neighbors over for supper???


12 posted on 02/20/2019 10:31:40 AM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Ruth Bader Ginsburg doctor is a taxidermist.)
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To: SunkenCiv

If God didn’t want us to eat animals, why did he make them out of meat?......................


13 posted on 02/20/2019 10:32:42 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: SunkenCiv

“Paleolithic modern humans, who arrived in France shortly after the Neandertals had disappeared, exhibit even higher nitrogen isotope ratios than Neandertals.”

Apparently Modern Hominids were better cannibals... lol

Great article, Thanks!


14 posted on 02/20/2019 10:33:03 AM PST by Openurmind
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To: SunkenCiv

I just know I am significantly more Neanderthal than Warren is Native American.


15 posted on 02/20/2019 10:34:54 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: Red Badger

I get meat but who was the first humanoid that looked at a lobster and said “man, I’ll be that thing tastes great!” Especially since melted butter had not yet been invented.


16 posted on 02/20/2019 10:35:09 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: central_va

Ther’s an old saying:

Brave was he who first ate an oyster...................


17 posted on 02/20/2019 10:37:29 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Red Badger
If God didn’t want us to eat animals, why did he make them out of meat?

That's funny. Just last week I had this conversation with my 5-year old grandson.
HIM: What's your favorite thing to eat?
ME: You.
HIM: Just because I'm made of meat doesn't mean I'm FOOD!

LOL

18 posted on 02/20/2019 10:41:01 AM PST by PistolPaknMama
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To: SunkenCiv
a debate exists whether or not Neandertals were eating aquatic resources

I don't see why. A fish is a lot easier to catch than a mammoth.

19 posted on 02/20/2019 10:42:37 AM PST by Buttons12
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To: SunkenCiv
"Neandertals' Main Food Source Was Definitely Meat" ...it still is!😎
20 posted on 02/20/2019 10:50:47 AM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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