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Are you saying that a human left to their own devices would not eventually walk? That walking erect is mimicry?
by mekoka 2y ago
Are you saying that a human left to their own devices would not eventually walk? That walking erect is mimicry?
- jncfhnb 2y agoI think they’re saying a human that was not able to practice walking would not be able to walk even if their muscles were fine; like an inverted Neo waking up from the matrix. It’s hard to imagine it being possible to test but I think they’re wrong.
- mekoka 2y agoThat's why I'm asking to clarify what they meant. Because from observing how quickly other animals (including other apes) acquire motor skills from birth, I don't see why we should attribute walking to a practiced skill for human infants, rather than a physical sturdying of their body to sustain the activity.