Berislav Horvatic wrote:But in this way, you must also admit, it is practically impossible to differentiate, in older Pleistocene children, what was a true
genetic fear from what was experienced through and from their mothers during their early years of life...
Not "through and from their mothers" - Pleistocene children were not brought up by their mothers - they were "dumped" into
a "kindergarten" together with other children. They grew up among their peers. The mother had a new baby to produce and
suckle for the next three or so years.
Mmm,,,so you're saying that moms of our ancestors used to leave their > 3 years or so babies to their destiny even if in sort of "Kindergarden" only because they would have other new sons to care for in meantime? (correct me if I'm wrong).
Many other lower mammals just don't do it ,elephans,chimps for example take care,as far as I know,of their sons even if they've had new babies in meantime,why should our ancestor have done it?
It's not a plus in terms of evolution,IMHO.
How could they have learned how to tell what to be scared for from what wasn't ?...they must have known it from someone .
This was true maybe also for snakes, as it was for food and/or many other things (i.e fire)
But I won't be annoying anymore with all these theories even if (to me) fascinating
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