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Why Neandertal Babies Were Much Like Ours at Birth

Why Neandertal Babies Were Much Like Ours at Birth

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Why Neandertal Babies Were Much Like Ours at Birth

Fossils, scanned at high resolution, reveal that late-stage Neandertal pregnancies were very similar to those of humans. These evolutionary constraints ultimately set the growth of the infant's brain and body at birth, resulting in Neandertal babies being nearly the same size and shape as newborn humans.
 

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