Ancient man lived on diet of hunted meat

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"Our findings provide conclusive proof that European Neandertals... lived on a diet of mainly hunted animal meat," said Fred H. Smith, anthropologist from Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois.

This comes from a chemical analysis of bones found in a 28,000-year-old Croatian cave.

Neandertals are our human ancestors who lived in Europe and the Middle East from about 130,000 years ago until 28,000 years ago.

Apparently eating a high-meat diet as is not an unnatural act.

REFERENCE

Bower B. Neandertals’ diet put meat in their bones. Science News, 2000 June 17, 157(25):389.

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