This fossil of a child with Down syndrome shows true altruism in Neanderthals caregiving
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Living among a small band of Neanderthals in what is now eastern Spain was a child, perhaps 6 years old, with Down syndrome, as shown in a remarkable fossil preserving traits in the inner-ear anatomy indicative of this serious genetic condition.
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