1.77 million-year-old human teeth link long childhoods to larger brains
Early humans may have reached adulthood around the same age as great apes, but with a slower, human-like pattern of tooth ...
Fossil teeth suggest a long childhood is the prelude to the evolution of a large brain
Compared to the great apes, humans have an exceptionally long childhood, during which parents, grandparents and other adults contribute to their physical and cognitive development. This is a key ...