General Article Ice Age study challenges what we know about teenagers and puberty

Topic Selected: Puberty Book Volume: 469

Ice Age teenagers entered puberty at roughly the same age as teens today.

By Nilima Marshall

Scientists studying the bones of Ice Age children have challenged what we know about puberty.

Teenagers from 25,000 years ago went through similar stages as modern-day adolescents, the study found. This c...

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