Beyond the obstetrical dilemma: Why are humans helpless at birth? (IMAGE)

University of Ottawa

Beyond the obstetrical dilemma: Why are humans helpless at birth?

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“Infants are unique in having their eyes and ears open, and in developing in a longer period of care. It could be that this period of helplessness is important to making us who we are as a species," says Stuart Hammond, Associate Professor of Psychology in the Faculty of Social Sciences at uOttawa.

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