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> What's the word for when something (humans) is like a version of something else (other primates) that hasn't fully grown up? I think that the word you're loo
by Mordisquitos 4y ago
> What's the word for when something (humans) is like a version of something else (other primates) that hasn't fully grown up?
I think that the word you're looking for is neoteny: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoteny https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoteny
- carapace 4y agoThank you! My brain kept trotting out "neonate" and I'm all like "No brain! That's not it!" Coffee didn't help either. So close, so close... "You're a scholar and a gentleman."