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Fossil infant skeleton could shed light on hominid development.

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A skeleton of a newborn Neanderthal, lost for almost 90 years, has turned up in a museum in France. The beautifully preserved fossil could lead to new insights into the evolution of human development and the relationship between modern humans and our long-extinct cousins.

The fossil - of a baby just four months old - is called 'Le Moustier 2' after the town in southwestern France where it was discovered in 1914. The infant's short life ended around 40,000 years ago.

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  1. Maureille, B. Lost Neanderthal neonate found. Nature, 419, 33 - 34, (2002).

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