John Waters

Helpless As a Baby John Waters

This book starts with a paradox and ends with a riddle. The paradox notes that the mammal specie with the most capableadults is the mammal specie with the most hekpless of babies. Is there a connection? The author contends that there is. He attempts to show how the evolution of the helpless baby has led toreciprocal genetic and behavioural adaptions of the nursing females. Inaddition, the increasing length of the baby's helplessness resulted inthe development of the hominid multi-age brood. The author shows how the Long and Short Birth Interval multi-age broodsled to social sharing, unified teamwork, speech, language; andcivilisation.