Rare Neanderthal baby remains reveal growth patterns similar to modern humans and signs of metabolic disease (opens in new tab)

Tiny Neanderthal bones and baby teeth recovered from a cave in Germany are helping researchers piece together how Neanderthal children grew before and shortly after birth. The fossils, dating between 90,000 and 50,000 years ago, provide rare evidence from a stage of life that is poorly represented in the fossil record. The remains were found […]