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Published online 5 September 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news020902-6
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Fossil infant skeleton could shed light on hominid development.
A skeleton of a newborn Neanderthal, lost for almost 90 years, has turned up in a museum in France. The beautifully preserved fossil could lead to new insights into the evolution of human development and the relationship between modern humans and our long-extinct cousins.
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