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comparative more paedomorphic, superlative most paedomorphic
Of, relating to, or resulting from the retention of juvenile characteristics by an adult. quotations examples
Based on pedomorphic changes in the fossils of Paleolithic humans, Wrangham has suggested that a similar process has been taking place in human evolution during the past thirty to fifty thousand years, and may still be taking place.
2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin, published 2012, page 744