ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

To read the full abstract: Science 2017;357:1282-1287This Neanderthal boy died 49,000 years ago from an unknown cause at a dental age of 7.7 years. Most of his bones agreed with this estimation. The authors claim that his general pattern of growth was like that of modern humans, except that the atlas and mid-thoracic vertebrae matured later and remained at the 5-6-year stage of deve...