Growing up slowed down for an early Homo individual

Debbie Guatelli-Steinberg ()

Nature, 2024, vol. 635, issue 8040, 820-822

Abstract: Human children pair fast growth of a large brain with slow body growth. Ancient Homo fossil teeth reveal that hominin dental growth rates began to slow before there was a major increase in brain size compared with apes.

Keywords: Evolution; Palaeontology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-024-03547-3

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