Neanderthal Babies Grew Much Faster Than Modern Humans: At 6 Months, They Looked Like 14-Year-Olds — Recent Fossil Evidence Rewrites Human Evolution Story
Recent archaeological findings have revealed that Neanderthal infants experienced significantly accelerated growth compared to modern humans, with a six-month-old Neanderthal displaying the physical development of a 14-month-old Homo sapiens child. This discovery, based on the analysis of a well-preserved infant skeleton known as Amud 7, challenges previous assumptions about Neanderthal childhood and offers new insights … Read more