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Article: Neanderthals grew quickly, but reached sexual maturity later
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- The Hindustan Times
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- September 9, 2008
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Washington, Sept. 9 -- A new study of Neanderthal skeletons has suggested that the species grew quickly but reached sexual maturity later than so-called modern humans-and quite possibly survived to a ripe old age.
According to a report in National Geographic News, the study also suggests that Neanderthals had a harder time of child bearing and possibly child raising, due to which, modern humans may have simply outbred their heavy-browed rivals.
By studying the skulls of Neanderthal babies, researchers were able to estimate how quickly the infants' brains grew.
They found that between birth and adulthood, a Neanderthal ...