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Altricial, but not unusual: Human developmental timing follows general mammalian life-history scaling
Can Dora Akcan, Doğa Keçe, Kaan Kerman
The paper compares human developmental timing with 462 mammalian species to show that human development follows general mammalian scaling patterns rather than being an outlier.
DOI 10.64898/2026.06.16.732383