Question

Why did Neanderthals evolve to have a wider, stockier body shape?

1. because they spent their life in trees
2. because they migrated to Europe with a colder climate
3. because they were bipedal
4. because they stayed in Africa with a warm, dry climate

Answer 1

2. because they migrated to Europe with a colder climate

Step-by-step explanation:

erectus populations lived in southeastern Europe by 1.8 million years ago. Neanderthal populations date back at least as far as 400,000 years ago in the Atapuerca Mountains, Spain.

Answer 2

2.

Step-by-step explanation:

they needed less skin surface area touching the cold and more wider body shape so that it can keep warm its body, like how fat people are basically insulated and have a coat around their organs