how come other mammals start growing teeth way before human infants ?

Question

I read that kittens start growing teeth around 2-4 weeks of age, for puppies it’s 6 weeks, but humans start getting them in around 6 months, why?

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Answer 1

Time to survive. Humans can afford to develop really slowly because we are an apex predator that doesn’t need to roam to survive. Instead human babies are developing their brain for the massive amount of complex tasks humans perform.