Early development of the Neanderthal ribcage reveals a different body shape at birth compared to modern humans

Author

Daniel García-Martínez
Markus Bastir
Asier Gómez-Olivencia
Bruno Maureille
Liubov Golovanova
Vladimir Doronichev
Takeru Akazawa
Osamu Kondo
Hajime Ishida
Dominic Gascho
Christoph P. E. Zollikofer
Marcia Ponce de León
Yann Heuzé

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Publication Date

10-9-2020

Publication Title

Science Advances

Volume Number

6

Issue Number

41

Abstract

Neanderthal infants had a short and deep ribcage that was genetically determined and able to sustain the high metabolism of their massive bodies.

Document Type

Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abb4377

Language

English

Recommended Citation

García-Martínez, Daniel; Bastir, Markus; Gómez-Olivencia, Asier; Maureille, Bruno; Golovanova, Liubov; Doronichev, Vladimir; Akazawa, Takeru; Kondo, Osamu; Ishida, Hajime; Gascho, Dominic; Zollikofer, Christoph P. E.; de León, Marcia Ponce; and Heuzé, Yann, "Early development of the Neanderthal ribcage reveals a different body shape at birth compared to modern humans" (2020). KIP Articles. 9882.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/kip_articles/9882