Neandertal babies were a lot like ours — but didn't stay that way ^3.4%

Science News - By Tom Metcalfe - 7/9/2026, 12:00 PM

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Neandertal babies seem to have started life much the same as modern humans, then grew a lot faster. Two studies, published June 17 in *Royal Society Open Science*, looked at the remains of a very young Neandertal child — a late-term fetus, stillborn or newborn — from a rock shelter in southern Germany. The 12 tiny bones, unearthed... more