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coopermoe t1_ivcxnmc wrote

Reply to comment by Frequent-Seaweed4 in TIL that most non-human primate infants actively use their hands to help themselves out of the birth canal. Human infants do not, but their grip strength is much higher during the hours immediately after they are born. by afeeney

I wonder how long our gestation period would be if our kids did come out fully cooked? 18 months? That would be tortuous

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Apokolypze t1_ivdwepw wrote

I'm not sure the human metabolism could take much more stress than what the 10 month pregnancy already puts on mothers....

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kubat313 t1_ivef37v wrote

Probably more like 24 months. Is my fully uneducated guess.

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