Question

The short, muscular bodies of many Neanderthal populations, with short arms and legs, may indicate that they lived:

a. basically sedentary lives with little activity
b. in cold climates
c. in hot climates
d. lives centered around plant and animal domestication
e. all of the above

Answer 1

b. in cold climates

Step-by-step explanation:

The warm-blooded organisms living in colder climates have short and round bodies with short appendages to reduce the heat exchange with surroundings and thereby, to stay warm.

The short and muscular bodies of Neanderthal populations, with short arms and legs, would have a higher surface area to volume ratio. The lesser surface area of their bodies with respect to the volume would have helped them to stay warm in cold climatic conditions.