Fossil of Neanderthal child with Down’s syndrome hints at early humans’ compassion
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Fossil of Neanderthal child with Down’s syndrome hints at early humans’ compassion
https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/jun/26/fossil-of-neanderthal-child-with-downs-syndrome-hints-at-early-humans-compassion
Skull anatomy shows the boy or girl would have been severely disabled, yet survived until the age of six