Eli5: Why are human babies born so ill prepared for the world, compared to some other mammals who are born much more well equipped?
In: 2
Humans are limited in terms of development because of our massive brains (and therefore massive skulls). If you stayed in the uterus any longer than 9 months, your skull wouldn’t have fit through your mom’s hips. So humans don’t develop as long in the uterus because we simply can’t. However, we do have a very finely honed skill that is fsr superior to any similar skill in the animal kingdom: socialization. We can more than compensate for this lack of in utero development through the amount of knowledge we can bestow through socialization.
Latest Answers