A Faster Rate of Dental Development in the Scladina Neandertal » Growth Lines Inside a Neanderthal Tooth
Growth lines inside a Neanderthal tooth (left — diagonally running lines) and on the outside (right — horizontal curved lines). Counts and measurements of these lines helped to determine that the child was approximately 8-years-old when it died.
Credit: Tanya Smith, MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology
