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Boys, too, sexually mature at younger ages

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Girls have been known to reach sexual maturity at younger ages through the centuries, but what about their male counterparts?

Researcher Joshua Goldstein at the Max Planck Institute in Germany believes he found a similar trend among maturing boys. In fact, he puts forth that males may be influenced by the same environmental factors that shape the onset of menstruation in girls, according to an analysis published in the journal PLoS ONE.

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