Neanderthal children were supersized

Tuesday, October 19, 2010 - 10:00 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Neanderthal youngsters that made it to the "terrible twos" were large, sturdy and toothy, a study of the remains of a Neanderthal infant suggests. The child almost survived to such an age, but instead died when it was just one and a half years old

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