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Nature ${rb.getVolume()}, 936-939 (29 April 2004) | doi:10.1038/nature02428;

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Surprisingly rapid growth in Neanderthals

Life-history traits correlate closely with dental growth, so differences in dental growth within Homo can enable us to determine how somatic development has evolved and to identify developmental shifts that warrant species-level distinctions. Dental growth can be determined from the speed of enamel formation (or extension rate).

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