And some scientists, like the late Stephen Jay Gould, have suggested that neoteny has played a major role in human evolution too. As adults, we share many of the physical features of immature chimps.

NEOTENY, a Korean biotech company, got the world’s top three certifications including the ISO 21702, the CE Mark in Europe, and the FDA approval in the U.S. for its antiviral film ACLIV.

In animals, neoteny comes about because of delays in development, points out molecular biologist Philipp Khaitovich of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany.

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SPONTANEOUS and artificially induced neoteny are well known in Amphibia, and full sexual maturity appears to be attained by the parr stage of Salmo salar. But, so far as I am aware, neoteny has ...

Neoteny means that a creature can reach maturity without going through metamorphosis. In less extreme cases, it’s simply exhibiting juvenile traits after reaching adulthood.

Neoteny is the retention of juvenile features in the adult animal. For example, one of our new pandas, Yun Chuan, is almost 5 years old but he still has baby-like qualities and that triggers ...

You can see neoteny at work in some domestic dog breeds, which are remarkably similar to baby wolves, or the axolotl salamander, which keeps the gills of a larva even as it becomes a sexually mature ...