Ancient bone could reveal how Neanderthals cared for a child with Down ...
WEB6 days ago · 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 …
WEB5 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 may have had Down’s syndrome | New Scientist
WEBJun 26, 2024 · 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...
Fossilized skull of Neanderthal child with Down syndrome …
WEBJun 26, 2024 · Fossils from the skull of a Neanderthal child that likely had Down syndrome shed light into the collaborative and communal caregiving that likely helped the child survive to the age of 6, according to new research.
Fossilized Bone of Neanderthal With 'Down Syndrome
WEBJun 26, 2024 · 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).
Bones reveal first evidence of Down syndrome in Neanderthals
WEBJun 26, 2024 · 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.
Neanderthal child with Down syndrome lived to age 6, inner ear fossil …
WEBJun 26, 2024 · 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 ...
Fossil of child reveals oldest known case of Down syndrome
WEB6 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...
First case of Down syndrome in Neanderthals documented in …
WEBJun 26, 2024 · The research, led by anthropologists at the University of Alcalá and the University of Valencia in Spain, studied the skeletal remains of a Neanderthal child, whom they affectionately named...
Fossil of Neanderthal child with signs of Down syndrome …
WEB6 days ago · A fossil of the inner ear of a six-year-old Neanderthal child that showed signs of Down syndrome seems to indicate that the ancient, now-extinct species were compassionate caregivers, according...
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