Human newborns arrive remarkably underdeveloped. The reason lies in a deep evolutionary trade-off between big brains, bipedalism and the limits of motherhood.
A newborn baby cannot walk, feed itself or even lift its head. Compared with most animals, human babies are remarkably helpless. Yet this dependence is not a weakness; it is an evolutionary advantage.
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