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Article: Neanderthals were highly carnivorous, with a taste for red meat
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- The Hindustan Times
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- April 24, 2008
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Washington, April 24 -- A new study on a large, worn Neanderthal tooth has led scientists to speculate that the hominids were highly carnivorous, with a diet consisting largely of red meat.
According to a report by Discovery News, the tooth belongs to a Neanderthal that lived in southwestern France 55,000 to 40,000 years ago.
The study suggested that the extinct hominids mostly ate red meat from extinct ancestors of modern bison, cattle and horses.
"The extinct hominids were not above eating every edible bit of an animal, since they were dining for survival," explained Teresa Steele, one of the study's co-authors.
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