Makes sense- for a prehistoric adult, with very little cultural guidance to go on, to be able to empathize at all with a tiny version of him/her-self, it would

Makes sense- for a prehistoric adult, with very little cultural guidance to go on, to be able to empathize at all with a tiny version of him/her-self, it would probably be crucial to be able to remember a time when they themselves were that small. And when else would a hunter-gatherer be called upon to remember events more than a few years back? Dealing with children could be the only evolutionary reason we have very-long term memories at all.