Zinc Isotope Evidence Of Carnivorous Neanderthals

It has been established through zinc isotope analysis of tooth enamel pthat Neanderthals were in fact carnivores.

Neanderthals—were they carnivores? While some research on the dental tartar of Iberian Peninsula residents seems to indicate that they were big plant consumers, other studies conducted at locations outside of Iberia tend to suggest that they ate nearly exclusively meat. The Neanderthals at the Gabasa site in Spain appear to have been carnivores, accordi…