I see how other animals stand and walk literally 10 minutes after they’re born but as babies all we do is cry and eat, why aren’t we like other animals?
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Our huge brains mean we have big, fat heads. And our walking on two legs schtick means we have relatively narrow hips, for better balance.
This is an issue for childbirth. Our big fat heads have to slip through the hip bone of the mother. Some women have pretty wide hips, but that opening is only so big.
The compromise evolution came up with was to essentially have our species give birth when the babies are still “undercooked”. We need them to come out of the womb early, before their skulls reach full size and harden, so they don’t risk a really nasty birth complication.
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