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Neanderthal Children Grew Up And Were Weaned in a Similar Way to Humans – ScienceAlert

Neanderthals may have lost out to Homo sapiens in the evolutionary battle for survival, but as time goes on we’re learning about more and more similarities between…

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Neanderthals may have lost out to Homo sapiens in the evolutionary battle for survival, but as time goes on we’re learning about more and more similarities between the species and according to new research, that extends to the raising of children.
A new study used geochemical and histological techniques to look at three Neanderthal milk teeth, finding that these kids started on solid food at the age of about 5 or 6 months… just like modern-day humans in fact.
Teeth have growth lines that are similar…

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