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Palaeoanthropology

Neanderthal teeth lined up

A huge amount of biological information is preserved in the growth records of teeth. Tapping into those records provides a tantalizing look at how quickly Neanderthals grew up and reached maturity.

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Figure 1: Representations of the incisor surface of a Neanderthal (left) and Palaeolithic Homo sapiens (right).

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Kelley, J. Neanderthal teeth lined up. Nature 428, 904–905 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/428904b

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