Tag: barium

• Neanderthal Breastfeeding | Baby History Shorts

  

  In 2013, a paper looked at the barium deposits in the development of teeth in human children and captive macaques for which feeding history was known. Barium is limited during gestation by the placenta, but immediately after birth, barium deposits shoot up with breastfeeding. Researchers could tell when the human babies were supplemented with, or…

  Aradia Wyndham

  April 3, 2023

  Babies, Evolution of Babywearing, Video

  archeology, barium, breastfeeding, evolution, health, motherhood, neanderthals, Pregnancy, prehistory, Teeth, weaning