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Article: Study: Neanderthals grew up much faster than modern humans
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- April 28, 2004
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CHRIS KAHN, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
04-28-2004
Dateline: ROANOKE, Virginia
If you think your kids grow up fast, consider this: A new study suggests that Neanderthal children blazed through adolescence and on average reached adulthood at age 15.
The finding bolsters the view that Neanderthals were a unique species separate from modern humans, since the time for humans to mature to adulthood grew longer over the course of their evolution, said paleontologist Fernando V. Ramirez Rozzi, who led the study.
Rozzi, with the National Center for Scientific Research in Paris, based his study on analysis of Neanderthal teeth. It will be published in Thursday's issue of the journal Nature.
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