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  1. May 2023
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    Prolonged immaturity an evolutionary plus for human babies
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    1. stopresetgo 30 May 2023
      “Protracted immaturity and dependence on paternal care is not an unfortunate byproduct of our evolution but instead a highly adaptive trait of our species, which has enabled human infants to efficiently organize attention to social agents and learn efficiently from social output
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        • "“Protracted immaturity and dependence on paternal care
          • is not an unfortunate byproduct of our evolution
          • but instead a highly adaptive trait of our species,
          • which has enabled human infants to
            • efficiently organize attention to social agents and
            • learn efficiently from social output,”
        • “The evolutionary goal of altricial species is
          • not to become highly competent as quickly as possible
          • but rather to excel at learning over time.”
      • Authors
        • Michael Goldstein,
        • Katerina Faust,
        • Samantha Carouso-Peck
        • Mary R. Elson
      quote quote - altricial quote - social learning Michael Goldstein Samantha Carouso-Peck Katerina Faust Mary R. Elson
    2. stopresetgo 30 May 2023
      “Rather than requiring hard-wired, innate knowledge of social abilities, evolution has outsourced the necessary information to parents,”
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        • "“Rather than requiring hard-wired, innate knowledge of social abilities, evolution has outsourced the necessary information to parents”
          • Authors
            • Michael Goldstein,
            • Katerina Faust,
            • Samantha Carouso-Peck
            • Mary R. Elson
      quote quote - altricial Michael Goldstein Katerina Faust Samantha Carouso-Peck Mary R. Elson
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