Neoteny is the retention of juvenile traits well into adulthood. In humans, this trend is greatly amplified, especially when compared to non-human primates...

animal. Neoteny is found in modern humans compared to other primates. In progenesis or paedogenesis, sexual development is accelerated. Both neoteny and progenesis...

Humans (Homo sapiens) or modern humans are the most common and widespread species of primate, and the last surviving species of the genus Homo. They are...

of neoteny with "terminal additions" in humans. Neoteny is defined as the delayed or slowed development in humans when compared with their non-human primate...

association with skulls. Moreover, a human skull with its large eye sockets displays a degree of neoteny, which humans often find visually appealing—yet...

its effect on insect metamorphosis and neoteny in amphibians. He ends by considering theories of neoteny in human evolution, including Louis Bolk's so-called...

phenotype became fixed in all human populations. An alternative view is that its loss in humans is an example of neoteny during human evolution; late-stage...

compared bones and muscles of human and chimpanzee thumbs, finding that humans have 3 muscles which are lacking in chimpanzees. Humans also have thicker metacarpals...

in rest posture for the jaw; over time, this can significantly alter jaw development in children, as well as adults to an extent. Neoteny in humans Pinhasi...

could continue, and that in the future, humans might have further neotenized features. Attachment theory Neoteny in humans "Cupid | Etymology, origin...

§ Removal practices Hair removal History of women's magazines Leg shaving Neoteny in humans Shaving Underarm hair Hansen, K. (2007). "Hair or Bare? The History...

stage, vellus hair, would also be consistent with the neoteny evident in humans, especially in females, and thus they could have occurred at the same...

childhood (such as accelerated brain growth in humans), is also extended throughout this period. Neoteny has been implicated as a developmental cause...

adulthood, although the axolotl maintains this feature. This is due to their neoteny evolution, where axolotls are much more aquatic than other salamander species...

"prematuration" is specifically human. Gavin de Beer and Stephen Jay Gould wrote about him and further developed this theory of neoteny in humans. Also Jacques Lacan...

established although neoteny has been cited as being caused by human sexual selection. It has been suggested that sexual selection played a part in the evolution...

brain would be expected. Humans lie well above the line indicating that humans are more encephalized than lemurs. In fact, humans are more encephalized compared...

of dog puppies than of wolf puppies. The example of canine neoteny goes even further, in that the various dog breeds are differently neotenized according...

associated with neoteny.[citation needed] Within entomology, the term glabrous is used to refer to those parts of an insect's body with are lacking in setae (bristles)...

with each generation. Small stature is a characteristic of neoteny, which may account (in part) for the attraction of dwarf animals. The Netherland Dwarf...

using facial features... Shea BT (November 1983). "Paedomorphosis and neoteny in the pygmy chimpanzee". Science. 222 (4623): 521–2. Bibcode:1983Sci...222...

characteristic being neoteny of the patient. It was named in 2017 by Dr. Richard F. Walker, who discovered several genes implicated in the syndrome. Prior...

Sex differences in human physiology are distinctions of physiological characteristics associated with either male or female humans. These differences are...

behavioral neoteny. Their high-pitched sounds may mimic the cries of a hungry human infant, making them particularly difficult for humans to ignore. Some...

at London University, said that the lengthened youth period of humans is part of neoteny. Physical anthropologist Barry Bogin said that the pattern of...

own antigens (e.g. human to human) was set to be 1. The ID between humans and gorillas was determined to be 1.09, that between humans and chimpanzees was...

called progenesis, in which sexual development occurs faster than other physiological development (in contrast, the term neoteny refers to when non-sexual...

breeding is controlled by humans and its tameness and tolerance of humans is genetically determined. However, an animal merely bred in captivity is not necessarily...

lack any pigmentation in their skin. The olm has three toes on its forelimbs, but only two toes on its hind feet. It exhibits neoteny, retaining larval characteristics...

In biological terms, "neoteny" means "the retention of juvenile features in the adult animal." This definition applies to species, including humans....