Neanderthals Grew Fast, but Sexual Maturity Came Late

Tuesday, September 9, 2008 - 07:56 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Our closest relatives also had a harder time of child bearing and possibly child raising—a possible explanation for why modern humans outcompeted Neanderthals, the study says.

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