• 5too@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Iirc, there’s speculation that neanderthals needed something like 3000 calories per day just to sustain themselves.

    We may have just survived because we can go leaner.

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      1 day ago

      One difference that I’m aware of is we were using bone needles at that point to make more advanced clothing, which would have helped in an ice age.