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Neoteny in humans is further indicated by the limbs and body posture, with the limbs proportionately short compared to torso length; [2] longer leg than arm length; [6] the structure of the foot; [1] and the upright stance. [7] [8] Humans also retain a plasticity of behavior that is generally found among animals only in the young. The emphasis ...
Neoteny in humans is the slowing or delaying of body development, compared to non-human primates, resulting in features such as a large head, a flat face, and relatively short arms. These neotenic changes may have been brought about by sexual selection in human evolution .
Neotenic complex syndrome (NCS) is a syndrome that presents as an extreme form of developmental delay, with the defining characteristic being neoteny of the patient. It was named in 2017 by Dr. Richard F. Walker, who discovered several genes implicated in the syndrome.
Equally, if that is done, the detailed analysis of what neoteny means in humans (as opposed to the history of the main concept) could then be farmed out to a subsidiary article, (Neoteny in humans) and summarised here in a paragraph or two. The coverage of "all other animals" then needs to be extended to describe neoteny's appearance and ...
Is the neoteny section substantive and relevant to the rest of the article? While the individual sentences are sourced, it seems to be making a strange argument about noses and attraction, which is illustrated by this particularly weird assertion: "Down syndrome, a neotenizing condition,[25] causes flattening of the nose.[26]
[2] Known for his work in the fields of descriptive anatomy and histology, he eventually became associated with studies involving evolutionary theory, developmental history and anthropology. In 1884 Kollmann introduced the term "neoteny" to define the transformation process where animals such as newts mature sexually while still in the larval ...
Adrenarche is an early stage in sexual maturation that happens in some higher primates (including humans), typically peaks at around 20 years of age, [1] [2] and is involved in the development of pubic hair, body odor, skin oiliness, axillary hair, sexual attraction/sexual desire/increased libido and mild acne.
Lodewijk 'Louis' Bolk (10 December 1866, Overschie – 17 June 1930, Amsterdam) was a Dutch anatomist who created the fetalization theory about the human body. [1] It states that when a human being is born, it is still a fetus , as can be seen by its (proportionally) big head, lack of coordination, and helplessness.