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Growth of Neanderthal infants from Krapina (120-130 ka), Croatia

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dc.contributor.authorMahoney, Patrick
dc.contributor.authorMcFarlane, Gina
dc.contributor.authorSmith, B Holly
dc.contributor.authorMiszkiewicz, Justyna
dc.contributor.authorCerrito, Paola
dc.contributor.authorLiversidge, Helen
dc.contributor.authorMancini, Lucia
dc.contributor.authorDreossi, Diego
dc.contributor.authorVeneziano, Alessio
dc.contributor.authorBernardini, Federico
dc.contributor.authorCristiani, Emanuela
dc.contributor.authorBehie, Alison
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-23T00:08:37Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.date.updated2022-03-20T07:17:39Z
dc.description.abstractModern humans have a slow and extended period of childhood growth but to what extent this ontogenetic pathway was present in Neanderthals is debated. Dental development, linked to the duration of somatic growth across modern primates, is the main source for information about growth and development in a variety of fossil primates, including humans. Studies of Neanderthal permanent teeth report a pace of development either similar to recent humans or relatively accelerated. Neanderthal milk teeth, which form and emerge before permanent teeth, provide an opportunity to determine which pattern was present at birth. Here we present a comparative study of the prenatal and early postnatal growth of five milk teeth from three Neanderthals (120,000-130,000 years ago) using virtual histology. Results reveal regions of their milk teeth formed quickly before birth, and over a relatively short period of time after birth. Tooth emergence commenced towards the earliest end of the eruption schedules displayed by extant human children. Advanced dental development is consistent with expectations for Neanderthal infant feeding.en_AU
dc.description.sponsorshipResearch support was provided by The Royal Society, and The Leverhulme Trust (to P.M., grant nos. RG110435 and RPG2018-226), a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowship (to A.N., grant no. H2020-MSCA-IF-2018-842812-WEAN IT), the European Research Council (to E.C., grant no. 639286—HIDDEN FOODS) and Australian National University (to J.M. and A.B.)en_AU
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_AU
dc.identifier.issn0962-8452en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/292107
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
dc.publisherRoyal Society of Londonen_AU
dc.rights© 2021 The Author(s) Published by the Royal Societyen_AU
dc.sourceProceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciencesen_AU
dc.subjecthuman evolutionen_AU
dc.subjectevolutionary biologyen_AU
dc.subjectdental developmenten_AU
dc.subjectfossil homininsen_AU
dc.subjectvirtual histologyen_AU
dc.titleGrowth of Neanderthal infants from Krapina (120-130 ka), Croatiaen_AU
dc.typeJournal articleen_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage8en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage1en_AU
local.contributor.affiliationMahoney, Patrick, University of Kenten_AU
local.contributor.affiliationMcFarlane, Gina, University of Kenten_AU
local.contributor.affiliationSmith, B Holly, The George Washington Universityen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationMiszkiewicz, Justyna, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationCerrito, Paola, New York Universityen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationLiversidge, Helen, University of Londonen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationMancini, Lucia, Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.Aen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationDreossi, Diego, Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.Aen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationVeneziano, Alessio, Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.Aen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationBernardini, Federico, Universita Ca' Foscarien_AU
local.contributor.affiliationCristiani, Emanuela, Sapienza University of Romeen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationBehie, Alison, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.authoruidMiszkiewicz, Justyna, u1021221en_AU
local.contributor.authoruidBehie, Alison, u5075217en_AU
local.description.embargo2099-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIESen_AU
local.identifier.absfor440103 - Biological (physical) anthropologyen_AU
local.identifier.absseo130799 - Understanding past societies not elsewhere classifieden_AU
local.identifier.absseo200402 - Dental healthen_AU
local.identifier.ariespublicationa383154xPUB22471en_AU
local.identifier.citationvolume288en_AU
local.identifier.doi10.1098/rspb.2021.2079en_AU
local.publisher.urlhttps://royalsocietypublishing.org/en_AU
local.type.statusPublished Versionen_AU

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