Childbirth Was Already Difficult For Neanderthals

Monday, September 8, 2008 - 21:28 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Neanderthals had a brain at birth of a similar size to that of modern-day babies. However, after birth, their brain grew more quickly than it does for Homo sapiens and became larger too. Nevertheless, the individual lifespan ran just as slowly as it does for modern human beings.

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