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The Origins of Human Childhood
Andrew Luck-Baker goes in search of the origins of the human childhood.
In Discovery, Andrew Luck-Baker goes in search of the origins of the human childhood.
We humans have a very prolonged period of development and dependency before we become adults 鈥� not far off twice the length of time it takes a chimp to grow up.
Scientists are beginning to understand this and other oddities of human childhood by studying the remains of fossil children from the past few millions years.
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