Fossil of child with Down syndrome hints at Neanderthal …
WEBBy Will Dunham. (Reuters) - Living among a small band of Neanderthals in what is now eastern Spain was a child, perhaps 6 years old, with Down syndrome, as shown in a remarkable fossil preserving ...
Ancient bone could reveal how Neanderthals cared for a child with Down ...
WEB4 days ago · CNN —. A fossilized ear bone unearthed in a cave in Spain has revealed a Neanderthal child who lived with Down syndrome until the age of 6, according to a new study. The find suggested that ...
Neanderthals cared for 6-year-old with Down syndrome, fossil …
WEB2 days ago · A 6-year-old Neanderthal child had Down syndrome, a new analysis of an oddly shaped ear bone found in a cave in Spain suggests. The finding is the first known case of Down syndrome in Neanderthals ...
Neanderthal child with Down syndrome lived to age 6, inner ear fossil …
WEB5 days ago · Even in the early 1900s a child with Down syndrome would live, on average, nine years. Tina lived between 273,000 and 146,000 years ago, based on other Neanderthal fossils found at the Cova Negra ...
Neanderthal child may have had Down’s syndrome | New Scientist
WEB5 days ago · A fossil bone displaying features consistent with Down’s syndrome belonged to a Neanderthal child who survived beyond 6 years old, adding to evidence that these extinct humans cared for...
Bones reveal first evidence of Down syndrome in Neanderthals
WEB5 days ago · The bone displays a handful of tiny anomalies most commonly found in people with Down syndrome today. The child likely had this condition and had hearing loss, scientists report today in Science Advances —the oldest known example of the condition.
Fossilized skull of Neanderthal child with Down syndrome …
WEB5 days ago · The child's survival to age 6 may be due to altruism within the community. Fossils from the skull of a Neanderthal child that likely had Down syndrome shed light into the collaborative and ...
Fossilized Bone of Neanderthal With 'Down Syndrome
WEB5 days ago · In a new study, a research team from Spain says the fact the child survived to at least age six – despite severe hearing loss and balance issues – demonstrates the complexity of social care among our closest evolutionary relatives, the Neanderthals ( Homo neanderthalensis).
The child who lived: Down syndrome among Neanderthals?
WEB5 days ago · We present the case of a Neanderthal child who suffered from a congenital pathology of the inner ear, probably debilitating, and associated with Down syndrome. This child would have required care for at least 6 years, likely necessitating other group members to assist the mother in childcare.
Fossil of child reveals oldest known case of Down syndrome
WEB4 days ago · Living among a small band of Neanderthals in what is now eastern Spain was a child, roughly 6 years old, with Down syndrome, as shown in a remarkable fossil preserving traits in the inner ear ...
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