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> There is evidence of underdevelopment (hypoplasia) of tooth enamel
> attributed to malnutrition (not lack of sunlight) in Neanderthal remains,
> but no specific connection to vitamin D deficiency that I know of. The
> only
> references to vitamin D deficiency in the long bones of Paleolithic
> peoples
> I have seen are the claims by some creationists that Neanderthalers were
> actually fully modern humans who happened to have vitamin-D-induced
> rickets.
> These claims were disproved. Could this be what you were thinking of?
>
> No. Just something I recall. Sorry. Maybe I can google up a link.