Human evolution - Questions of growth

被引:13
作者
Moggi-Cecchi, J [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Florence, Lab Antropol, Dipartimento Biol Anim & Genet, I-50122 Florence, Italy
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10.1038/414595a
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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
The evolution of an extended childhood had implications for human society and culture. New analyses of dental development in fossil hominins suggest that our lengthy growth processes arose quite late in evolution.
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