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

phys.org · 13dShare

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.

First report: Human newborns have been helpless for 1 million years — popsci.com, 13d