A species at the top of the food chain on continents hundreds of thousands of years ago has been revealed by a tooth that nearly resembles a current human’s. Mammoths and prehistoric giant rhinos were also frightened by this creature.

A team of researchers from the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) examined zinc isotopes on a rare entire tooth from Neanderthals, our extinct ancestor, that was discovered in Gabasa, Spain, according to Science Alert.

Neanderthals, who lived on Earth between 800,000 and 30,000 years ago, are closely linked to contemporary humans, Homo sapiens, as they frequently interbred with them and left lineages. many people, especially Europeans, have blood.The teeth of a Neanderthal showed that they were at the top of the food chain.The mammoths were particularly terrifying since the Neanderthals’ teeth showed that they were at the top of the food chain (Image: Lourdes Montes).

This species is the subject of numerous debates. Indirect evidence suggests that they are skilled hunters, but study also demonstrates that they feed similarly to humans.The researchers attempted to examine nitrogen isotopes from bone collagen in an ancient Neanderthal molar in order to provide a conclusive response. The truth will be revealed by the ratio of the two isotopes of nitrogen—14 and nitrogen—15.

The ratio of nitrogen-15 to nitrogen shows that the species is largely carnivorous, however too much nitrogen-15 can be produced by some plant species in some regions of the Earth, which can skew the results.So, Dr. Jaoen and associates concentrated on zinc in tooth enamel. The chilling truth about the mystery Neanderthal teeth was disclosed by the extremely low amounts of the zinc-66 isotope: it was a serious carnivore.

The tooth also demonstrated that this prehistoric person was weaned at the age of two and a half and has since consumed a lot of meat. They consume plants as well, but due to the small proportion of plants in their diets, they are not quite as omnivorous as we are. Instead, they fall in between carnivores and omnivores.

Indirect evidence from earlier archaeology has also been found in Neanderthal sites: animal bones, particularly those of extinct and extremely hazardous species like the mammoth and enormous woolly rhinoceros, show traces of having been eaten and taken marrow rather than dying naturally.This notion is supported by the recent discovery of zinc in Neanderthals’ molars, indicating they were probably at the top of the food chain.

Neanderthals also had the lowest zinc-66 isotope ratio of any animal in the Gabasa region, which would indicate that they were the most predatory.Although it is believed that a diet high in meat contributed to brain development, the extinction of the Neanderthals, who had brains larger than ours but were less evolved than us in some ways, is also supposed to have been a result of their diet.

A rich, varied diet that includes both fish and plants may be a prerequisite for Homo sapiens to overcome periods of extreme climate and the growing scarcity of large animals, to become the only extant species of the genus Man, which had 8-9 species when our species appeared.