Childhood Bioarchaeology

Baby fossils reveal link between human and Neanderthal development An international study of infant remains from 50,000–75,000 years ago has provided new evidence about the developmental trajectory of our evolutionary "cousins," Neanderthals.

Looks like a wonderful array of papers including some that caught my eye on emotions and family

Tragic news.

https://theconversation.com/baby-slings-what-the-evidence-says-about-benefits-risks-and-safe-use-284356?utm_medium=article_clipboard_share&utm_source=theconversation.com

Baby slings: what the evidence says about benefits, risks and safe use New research finds that baby slings offer important benefits, but better safety information could help prevent rare deaths and injuries.

It's Day 1 of the 2026 SSCIP Conference 🥳 We will be kicking off at 5.30pm EEST with a fabulous Keynote lecture by Kaisa Vehkalahti (University of Jyväskylä) titled, "Enigmatic Objects of Childhood: Narrating Post-War Rural Childhood Through Material Memories"

Don't forget to share your time at SSCIP 2026 on social media, tagging the SSCIP accounts and hashtagging so we can see and repost 🙌

Inca child mummy in Argentina returned to indigenous community after 119 years 🪶
The "Child of Chañi" was discovered frozen on a mountain in 1905 at nearly 5,900 meters. A Kolla leader said the boy "has much to tell us about our identity."

Inca child mummy in Argentina returned to indigenous community after 119 years | Paraluman News The mummy of a child from the Inca period, discovered frozen in 1905 on a mountain in northwestern Argentina, has been returned to an indigenous community after spending 119 years in a Buenos Aires…

What Teeth Reveal About Childhood Stress in 19th-Century Jordan

New research using microscopic analysis of teeth has uncovered striking evidence of high physiological stress in children at the archaeological site of Hisban in Jordan (figure 1). The findings point to a strong link between childhood health and maternal well-being in the past. At Hisban, researchers identified unusually high mortality rates among children under the age of two. Many of these young individuals showed signs of conditions such as scurvy and rickets—diseases often associated with poor nutrition, chronic infection, and poor maternal health....

What Teeth Reveal About Childhood Stress in 19th-Century Jordan New research using microscopic analysis of teeth has uncovered striking evidence of high physiological stress in children at the archaeological site of Hisban in Jordan (figure 1). The findings poi…