Neandertal babies were a lot like ours — but didn’t stay that way

Their newborns resembled those of modern humans, but their bodies matured at a quicker pace

An illustration shows a Neandertal child and a modern human child facing each other, depicted at roughly the same height.

Two new studies suggest Neandertal babies were much like those of Homo sapiens, but not for long.

Alice Walczer Baldinazzo

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