Early Human Species' Teeth Provide Insight Into Evolution of Breastfeeding (VIDEO)

The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine

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Mount Sinai researchers working as part of an international team have discovered previously unknown breastfeeding patterns of an extinct early human species by studying their 2-million-year-old teeth, providing insights into the evolution of human breastfeeding practices, according to a study published in Nature in July.

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