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If you look at dog versus human intelligence, newborn humans have a start (they have functional vision and hearing from the day one), then puppies will pass the
by thriftwy 9y ago
If you look at dog versus human intelligence, newborn humans have a start (they have functional vision and hearing from the day one), then puppies will pass them (they can run and do many things while infants can't even crawl), but then children will outrun dogs (speech starts to form) and that's forever.
If dolphins show self-recognition earlier, their runway might just be shorter. Doesn't tell us much.
- autokad 9y agoyeah, its kind of silly and pointless. most mammals are born with ~ 90% their adult brain weight, humans is less than 1/3.
- travisp 9y agoHuman babies are pretty helpless compared to most animals, which I think supports your point. Human babies can't walk, crawl, roll, or even lift their heads. Even with your example of vision, newborn humans barely have functional vision, depending on what is meant by "functional." > The ability to focus their eyes, move them accurately, and use them together as a team must be learned. Source: https://www.aoa.org/patients-and-public/good-vision-throughout-life/childrens-vision/infant-vision-birth-to-24-months-of-age https://www.aoa.org/patients-and-public/good-vision-througho... > At first, the farthest your baby will be able to see is the distance from your arms to your face (about 6 to 10 inches). Additional source: https://www.whattoexpect.com/first-year/baby-vision https://www.whattoexpect.com/first-year/baby-vision