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Study: Neanderthals, Modern Humans Same Species
USA Today | 12-26-2001 | Michael A. Stowe
Posted on 01/10/2002 8:42:43 AM EST by blam
Edited on 04/13/2004 4:38:56 AM EDT by Jim Robinson
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Neanderthals Matured Faster Than Modern Man -Study
Science - Reuters | 2004-04-28 | Patricia Reaney
Posted on 04/28/2004 3:57:48 PM EDT by Junior
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[snip] Dental growth records contain biological information and give an overall indication of the maturity of a species. Ramirez Rozzi and Bermudez de Castro studied the series of ridges, called perikymata, on teeth fossils. They compared teeth fossils from Neanderthals dating from 130,000 to 28,000 years ago, earlier samples dating between 800,000 and 400,000 years and teeth fossils of homo sapiens that were 20,000-8,000 years old. [end]
Study: Neanderthals Grew Up Much Faster
Yahoo! News | April 28, 2004 | CHRIS KAHN
Posted on 04/28/2004 5:11:51 PM EDT by El Conservador
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Neanderthal Teeth Grew No Faster Than Comparable Modern Humans’
Ohio State Research | Monday, September 19, 2005 | Staff
Posted on 09/19/2005 5:11:50 PM EDT by DaveLoneRanger
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[snip] “Based on our study of the enamel of these Neanderthal teeth and other modern ones, we can’t support the claim that Neanderthals grew up more quickly than do modern humans,” she said. Key to this conclusion are microscopic lines on the outside of teeth that mark the incremental growth of enamel on a young tooth. [end]
Neandertals Had Long Childhoods, Tooth Study Suggests
National Geographic News | September 14, 200 | James Owen
Posted on 09/14/2006 9:04:20 AM EDT by billorites
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[snip] The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Online Early Edition, compared growth rates of Neandertal front teeth with those of three modern human populations: Inuit (Eskimo), English, and southern African... They found that Neandertal (often spelled “Neanderthal”) teeth grew at a similar rate to those of people living today and actually formed slower than those of southern Africans... The team based their findings on layers of tooth enamel... Other researchers who studied Neandertal tooth remains reported in 2004 that Neandertals became sexually mature adults by as young as 15 years of age (see “Neandertals Were Fully Developed by Age 15, Experts Say”). The 2004 study found Neandertal wisdom teeth grew 15 percent faster than those of modern humans. Guatelli-Steinberg, though, says the earlier study did not take into account how variable modern populations are in their dental growth — a criticism that was also raised at the time of the 2004 study’s publication. [end]
Neanderthals’ Tough Stone Age Lives
Science News | 12-16-2006 | Bruce Bower
Posted on 12/15/2006 6:28:42 PM EST by blam
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[snip] Close examination of the ancient teeth revealed disturbances of enamel formation, especially in the children and teens, that Rosas and his coworkers attribute to near starvation... In another analysis, they compared three Neandertal jaws from the site with jaws from 32 Neandertals and 23 modern Homo sapiens previously found at Stone Age sites throughout Europe and western Asia. Reconstructions of the lower faces indicate that Neandertals evolved into northern and southern varieties, the team claims. [end]
Turns out Neanderthals had good oral hygiene
MSNBC | 9-11-2007
Posted on 09/13/2007 7:14:34 AM EDT by Renfield
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...proof that Neandertals survived - meet Ahmadinnerjacket's father.