The Evolution Of Parenting | Goats & Soda | NPR

The real secret to humans' success? It might have a lot to do with how we raised our kids.

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[bonquiqui]

Crazy cause we are evolving away from this because of the nuclear family and traditional gender roles

[nuotatorre]

I don't think that is the case. It has been widely documanted that Chimps also share babies. Groups of Chimps where no baby are present, tend to have a lot more inner figthing. Mothers often let others chimps hold their babies. On avrage the degree of "shareing" it's overall lower, usualy only realted femeles babysit babies, but it's definatly still present.

[pratibahari]

I like the news l like monkey sleeping thank you NPR News

[galaxymaster]

If that's the key, why are animals like Lions not on our level? They should have gotten smarter too since they share food, raise there young together, stay in groups and help weaker parts of the pride out.

[Chesterton]

Interesting and entertaining presentation.

[mikeronni]

How does an abundance of calories make the brain bigger in successive generations? I'm sure there is a more nuanced explanation in the research, but it would be nice to see the proposed mechanism explained here.

[snooopert]

This shows the stupidity of our borders