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Nature 414, 595-597 (6 December 2001) | doi:10.1038/414595a
Human evolution: Questions of growth
Jacopo Moggi-Cecchi
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Abstract
The evolution of an extended childhood had implications for human society and culture. New analyses of dental development in fossil hominins suggest that our lengthy growth processes arose quite late in evolution.
Humans are unique among primates. Some of our unusual characteristics — our relatively large brains and the way we move, for example — are readily apparent.
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