The 530,000-year-old deformed skull of a child found in Spain indicates that some early humans must have nurtured and cared for disabled members of their tribe.rnThis child, estimated to be 10 years old at the time of death, had a debilitating birth defect called craniosynosto-sis, in which joints in the skull fuse before the brain has finished growing. The disorder increases pressure in the skull, impairing brain development.
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