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Deformed head shapes in fossilized humans show their infants were probably just as helpless as modern human babies

Archaic human parents had to look after helpless infants like modern-day parents do, according to new research. Human babies are born less developed than those of other great apes and are therefore unable to move as freely. A common result is deformational plagiocephaly, also called flat head syndro...

Deformed head shapes in fossilized humans show their infants were probably just as helpless as modern human babies
Image: Phys.org
Archaic human parents had to look after helpless infants like modern-day parents do, according to new research. Human babies are born less developed than those of other great apes and are therefore unable to move as freely. A common result is deformational plagiocephaly, also called flat head syndrome.

Originally published at Phys.org

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