eli5 How did people survive if babies cried how they do?

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Im not sure if the title made sense but how babies cry to communicate, did they do that in the like prehistoricy times. Cause I refuse to believe that people who were surrounded by bears, moose, just aggressive/kill you quick wild life, lived with screaming babies around.
*Youre in a mudhut*
Husband- Oh my god theres a bear outside
Wife- What do we do
Baby- WAHHHHHHHH
Husband and Wife- :/

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Lots of r/HFY material here.

It wouldn’t be just one mudhut and the bear would be scared to approach.

A group of humans are the most deadly apex predator on the planet. They communicate, form plans, use tools, including fire!, alter the environment to suit them, oh and can persistence hunt almost any animal to death by just walking after it like a terminator. We’ve also had our best friend dogs for about 20000 years.

I’m not historian but don’t believe any creature has considered humans it’s primary diet. A rogue Lion can attack and kill humans but they are not the niche it evolved into.

You cannot extrapolate out a cougar being in close contact with 1-2 kids today attacking them to cougars or bears ending the species in prehistoric times. Today people are so safe that they are not worried about dying to animals and the animals habitats have shrunken, so more close contact mutual surprises leading to a panicked attack can happen. In old times people would be scared of the animal danger and doing more to mitigate the higher risk.

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