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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

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Archaeology@mander.xyzEnglish · 6 months ago

Skull anatomy shows the boy or girl would have been severely disabled, yet survived until the age of six

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Archaeology or archeology[a] is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscapes.

Archaeology has various goals, which range from understanding culture history to reconstructing past lifeways to documenting and explaining changes in human societies through time.

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