Response to Comment on "The growth pattern of Neandertals, reconstructed from a juvenile skeleton from El Sidrón (Spain)".
Antonio RosasLuis RíosAlmudena EstalrrichHelen M LiversidgeAntonio García-TaberneroRosa HuguetHugo F V CardosoMarkus BastirCarles Lalueza-FoxMarco de la RasillaM Christopher DeanPublished in: Science (New York, N.Y.) (2018)
The comment by DeSilva challenges our suggestion that brain growth of the El Sidrón J1 Neandertal was still incomplete at 7.7 years of age. Evidence suggests that endocranial volume is likely to represent less than 90% adult size at El Sidrón as well as Neandertal male plus Krapina samples, in line with further evidence from endocranial surface histology and dural sinus groove size.