Human beings born undeveloped?

Have you ever thought about a human baby, he can’t do anything while other animal babies are born with the most similar efficiency as their adults have or they may take only a few weeks to become efficient? 

Now, you may think about the kitten, a puppy they run a few days after they are born. Most other animals are like this, they run, forage does everything within a few days after their birth. Human babies may take nearly18 months to stand on their legs, even if it is useless to feed on their own. And several years are required to match their abilities with an adult human being. 

Why does this happen, we are born undeveloped? 

Yes, this is a fact. Human development takes more time than other animals. It is more complex than any other living being on the earth. So, many years of gestation are required to produce an efficient human baby, but that may lead to population decrease and species extinction. Can we think of five or 10 years of pregnancy? Usually, that may lead to species extinction. To overcome this evolutionary problem human babies are born undeveloped (an early exit from the womb), further, development takes place after birth.

Why does a human fetus require more time to develop?

This is a more complicated question… If we consider lions, tigers, horses, elephants. These animals developed into their present stage, taking several millions of years of evolution. Over the past several million years, their fetal development has also become faster to cope up with their environment.

But human beings are developed into the present stage within 2.5 million years, this is a very short time considering the development. Moreover, human beings developed as super animals within a short evolutionary period. So, embryonic development is not as fast as human evolution. However, this is becoming faster and most of the human body organs are still under development.

 

What made this early exit from the womb?

According to Noah Harari, a historian at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. A human being is born undeveloped and this undeveloped birth leads to long years of parental care and support to develop. A human baby needs several years of training, support and education to cope up with their adults. This made a highly developed social system and social abilities. Sapiens developed a high level of social skills due to their unique social problems. Pregnancy, birth and child care are more complex in human beings so social development is necessary for the sustainability of the species. However, human beings faced several inabilities to fight with their fellow animals in their early development and many humans, an ancient human species, are extinct due to their inability. Human beings were insignificant animals before the rise of Homo sapiens.

 

Sileesh Mullasseri