Mike ODonnell
09-10-2008, 09:15 AM
Live fast, die young—this is how our closest relatives the Neanderthals were traditionally thought to progress through life.
But a new study of Neanderthal skeletons suggests the species grew quickly but reached sexual maturity later than so-called modern humans—and quite possibly survived to a ripe old age.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/09/080908-neanderthal-brain.html
But a new study of Neanderthal skeletons suggests the species grew quickly but reached sexual maturity later than so-called modern humans—and quite possibly survived to a ripe old age.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/09/080908-neanderthal-brain.html