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> Why do you have to laboriously teach babies [basic survival things] Because we are born prematurely. Our brain wouldn’t fit through the birth canal if we wer
by Swizec 3y ago
> Why do you have to laboriously teach babies [basic survival things]
Because we are born prematurely. Our brain wouldn’t fit through the birth canal if we were born later with more basic skills baked in. So instead we finish a big part of our early development outside the womb.
- AeroNotix 3y agoMarsupials also use this tactic.