Children fathered by older men are likely to be less intelligent than the offspring of younger dads, Australian and us scientists have found in a report published yesterday.

美国和澳大利亚的科学家在昨日公布的一份报告中称，年龄较大的男性所生的孩子可能不如年轻男性的孩子聪明。

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Children fathered by older men are likely to be less intelligent than the offspring of younger dads, Australian and us scientists have found in a report published yesterday.

爸爸年龄大孩子不聪明？美国和澳大利亚的科学家在昨日公布的一份报告中称，年龄较大的男性所生的孩子可能不如年轻男性的孩子聪明。

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And while I'm a little younger than the age group stated in the report (I fall into a slightly larger pool of "losers"), I share their pain.

在我比报道中提到的年龄段的人稍微年轻一点的时候(我是一个更大群啃老族中的一员)，我也经历了他们的痛苦阶段。

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Seven of the children who died were younger than 5 years old, the report said, and 24 had underlying disabilities, such as muscular dystrophy or cerebral palsy, or one or more high-risk medical conditions.

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The report said previous research had shown that younger children tended to do less well academically than their older classmates and that summer-born youngsters were also likely to be less confident, more frequently diagnosed with special educational needs and more likely to be bullied.

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