The growth pattern of Neandertals, reconstructed from a juvenile skeleton from El Sidron (Spain)

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Rosas, Antonio [1 ]
Rios, Luis [1 ,2 ]
Estalrrich, Almudena [1 ,3 ]
Liversidge, Helen [4 ,5 ]
Garcia-Tabernero, Antonio [1 ]
Huguet, Rosa [6 ]
Cardoso, Hugo [7 ]
Bastir, Markus [1 ]
Lalueza-Fox, Carles [8 ]
de la Rasilla, Marco [9 ]
Dean, Christopher [10 ]
机构
[1] CSIC, Museo Nacl Ciencias Nat, Dept Paleobiol, Paleoanthropol Grp, Calle Jose Gutierrez Abascal 2, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
[2] Aranzadi Soc Sci, Dept Phys Anthropol, Zorroagagaina 11, Donostia San Sebastian 20014, Gipuzkoa, Spain
[3] Senckenberg Res Inst, Dept Paleoanthropol, Senckenberganlage 25, D-60325 Frankfurt, Germany
[4] Senckenberg Res Inst, Nat Hist Museum Frankfurt, Senckenberganlage 25, D-60325 Frankfurt, Germany
[5] Queen Mary Univ London, Inst Dent, Turner St, London E1 2AD, England
[6] Univ Rovira & Virgili, Inst Catala Paleoecol Humana & Evolucio Social, Unidad Asociada, CSIC, Campus Sescelades Edifici W3, E-43007 Tarragona, Spain
[7] Simon Fraser Univ, Dept Archaeol, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada
[8] Univ Pompeu Fabra, CSIC, Inst Evolutionary Biol, Carrer Dr Aiguader 88, Barcelona 08003, Spain
[9] Univ Oviedo, Dept Hist, Area Prehist, Calle Teniente Alfonso Martinez S-N, Oviedo 33011, Spain
[10] UCL, Dept Cell & Dev Biol, Gower St, London WC1E 6BT, England
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LIFE-HISTORY; EARLY HOMO; AGE; ONTOGENY; STATURE; HOMINID; FOSSILS; SIZE;
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10.1126/science.aan6463
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Ontogenetic studies help us understand the processes of evolutionary change. Previous studies on Neandertals have focused mainly on dental development and inferred an accelerated pace of general growth. We report on a juvenile partial skeleton (El Sidron J1) preserving cranio-dental and postcranial remains. We used dental histology to estimate the age at death to be 7.7 years. Maturation of most elements fell within the expected range of modern humans at this age. The exceptions were the atlas and mid-thoracic vertebrae, which remained at the 5- to 6-year stage of development. Furthermore, endocranial features suggest that brain growth was not yet completed. The vertebral maturation pattern and extended brain growth most likely reflect Neandertal physiology and ontogenetic energy constraints rather than any fundamental difference in the overall pace of growth in this extinct human.
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