Neanderthals survived on diet of meat, and lots of it Neanderthals subsisted on a diet of primarily meat, researchers believe

June 12, 2000 Web posted at: 3:47 p.m. EDT (1947 GMT)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- New chemical analysis shows Neanderthals feasted on meat, meat and more meat, researchers said on Monday, proving they were skilled hunters and not the grunting, witless cave men that scientists once believed.

Chemical analysis of bones found in caves in Croatia showed Neanderthals ate a diet similar to that of wolves and lions, and probably hunted woolly mammoths, the researchers report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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