Surprisingly rapid growth in Neanderthals
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Life-history traits correlate closely with dental growth, so differences in dental growth within Homo can enable us to determine how somatic development has evolved and to identify developmental shifts that warrant species-level distinctions. Dental growth can be determined from the speed of enamel formation (or extension rate). We analysed the enamel extension rate in Homo antecessor (8 teeth analysed), Homo heidelbergensis (106), Homo neanderthalensis ('Neanderthals'; 146) and Upper Palaeolithic-Mesolithic Homo sapiens (100). Here we report that Upper Palaeolithic-Mesolithic H. sapiens shared an identical dental development pattern with modern humans, but that H. antecessor and H. heidelbergensis had shorter periods of dental growth. Surprisingly, Neanderthals were characterized by having the shortest period of dental growth. Because dental growth is an excellent indicator of somatic development, our results suggest that Neanderthals developed faster even than their immediate ancestor, H. heidelbergensis. Dental growth became longer and brain size increased from the Plio-Pleistocene in hominid evolution. Neanderthals, despite having a large brain, were characterized by a short period of development. This autapomorphy in growth is an evolutionary reversal, and points strongly to a specific distinction between H. sapiens and H. neanderthalensis.
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Neanderthals might have reached adulthood earlier.
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Previous findings from isolated cranio-dental material reported a faster pace of dental development.
“This contrasts with previous findings from isolated cranio-dental material that have reported a faster pace of dental development (17,18).”
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- Authors
- Ramirez Rozzi, F. V., & Bermudez de Castro, J. M.
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 2004-04
- Volume
- 428
- Issue
- 6986
- Pages
- 936-939
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W1988053700
- Cited by
- 289
- References
- 35
- Citations by year
- 2026: 11 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 10 · 2017: 10 · 2016: 11 · 2015: 11 · 2014: 17 · 2013: 19 · 2012: 16
- FWCI
- 141.28
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Nature (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Anthropology › Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Evolution and Paleontology Studies
- Keywords
- Neanderthals, tooth growth, amelogenesis, life-history traits, Homo antecessor, Homo heidelbergensis, human, physical growth, brain size, hominid evolution, species distinction
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Brain, Cuspid, Dental Enamel, Biological Evolution, Fossils, Humans, Time Factors, Hominidae, Sample Size, History, Ancient
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