Fossil teeth challenge the idea that large brains drove extended childhood, suggesting cultural transmission shaped human evolution.

Roughly 1.77-million-year-old teeth show that slow development in hominids may have had an earlier start than previously ...

Early humans may have reached adulthood around the same age as great apes, but with a slower, human-like pattern of tooth ...

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 ...

Signs of temporarily delayed tooth development in the skull of an ancient Homo species youth spark debate about the origins of humanlike growth.

“So it’s a full span.” The growth rates in the teeth of this adolescent appear to be quicker and more similar to the rate ...

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