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17 Wild Facts About The Human Body That I Absolutely Promise You Never Learned In School (Possibly Even Medical School)

"Once damaged, these hairs never grow back. You have around 3,500, and that is all you'll have throughout your entire life...

Seven ways to teach little kids about body safety before they can talk

Families with young children are yet again reeling after this week's Four Corners investigation into abuse in the early childhood sector.
Smithsonian Magazine

Mysterious Skeleton of Child With Human and Neanderthal Traits Has Finally Been Dated by Archaeologists

Scientists used fragments of the child's right forearm bone to date the skeletal remains. Cidália Duarte In 1998, archaeologists discovered the skeletal remains of a child in Portugal’s Lapedo Valley.
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Rare 2-Million-Year-Old Infant Facial Fossils Expand What We Know About Prehistoric Human Children

Prehistoric human babies probably looked just like their parents from the moment they were born. Not only would this have ...
Ars Technica

Ancient skull may have been half human, half Neanderthal child

Back in 1929, archaeologists unearthed several human skeletons (seven adults and three children) while excavating Skuhl Cave just south of Haifa, Israel. Dating back 140,000 years to the end of the ...