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Bringing Up Baby

Hidden Brain

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What Is the Harm of Carpentry?

Allison points out that, compared to other primates, humans have an especially long childhood. We just sort of take it for granted that children need to be taken care of for a long time. And there's an interesting question about why did that happen. One idea at least is that having that long period of childhood gave you this protected period where you could figure out a new environment. Children come out in all sorts of unexpected ways. It's not just that the carpentry model is making parents and kid stressed. There's something allison has noticed about to day's adolescence. You know, in some ways they're doing much better. They're less likely to get pregnant or to use drugs

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