Question

A human skull has the teeth orientation as shown in

a. your evil roommate finds the lower jawbone of a fossilized animal (b) and needs your help determining the diet of this long dead animal. the teeth reveal large, pointed canines and relatively narrow, blade-shaped molars and premolars. you infer that it came from an animal specialized for feeding on:

Answer 1

The animal was most likely a carnivore, or omnivore, it ate meat, or meat and plants, the sharp teeth are used for tearing through the flesh and meat of smaller animals, and they could’ve been used to break down and grind up plants.