Less common types of Down syndrome are translocation (caused by rearranged chromosome material) and mosaicism (when there is a mixture of two types of cells). Not every child with Down syndrome ...

who has Down syndrome and autism. A video of the event showed Dustin being taped to his chair while laughter could be heard in the background. "This isn't funny," Dustin said. Smith admitted to ...

Then she explained that these features led her to believe that our baby had Down syndrome, but no one could tell me for sure. The minimal prenatal testing my baby and I underwent had not revealed ...

The child's survival to age 6 may be due to altruism within the community. Fossils from the skull of a Neanderthal child that likely had Down syndrome shed light into the collaborative and ...

Evidence of a Neanderthal child with Down syndrome who survived to the age of 6 suggests the youngster was cared for by the social group, according to a new study. The piece of bone was found in ...

June 26 (Reuters) - Living among a small band of Neanderthals in what is now eastern Spain was a child, perhaps 6 years old, with Down syndrome, as shown in a remarkable fossil preserving traits ...

An analysis of an inner ear fossil from a young Neanderthal discovered in Spain suggests the child may have had Down syndrome. The child lived until at least 6 years old and would have needed ...