Neanderthals Full of Natural Steroids, Had Overdeveloped Right Arm

Get your minds out of the gutter. They had overdeveloped right arms for a reason.

Neanderthal guys were no girlie-men.

Prehistoric man apparently boasted a rock-hard body, including an overdeveloped right arm that would make Popeye jealous, according to a new scientific report.

The Neanderthals hunted in the "extreme," Russian Prof. Maria Mednikova told Discovery News.

She said instead of shooting prey with a bow and arrow, the Neanderthal man used "direct contact" with his victim, stabbing animals with a spear and giving his dominant arm, usually the right one, an intense workout.

The professor said female Neanderthals were strong, but more evenly muscular in both arms.

Either way, Neanderthals make modern-day humans look wimpy.

Of course, they had some chemical help, it seems.

Mednikova says their strong, thick bone structure was aided by a "markedly androgenic constitution."

Simply put, the Neanderthal body was brimming with natural steroids.

Genes, a cold climate and an all-meat diet helped contribute to the Neanderthal's buff body, the scientists believe.

Heavy diet of meat and a buff body? No wonder so many people call me a Neanderthal.