Why Do We Have Such Long Childhoods?

Go to http://curiositystream.com/SciShowPsych to start streaming the series "Illusions." Use code scishowpsych to sign up, just $14.99 for the whole YEAR. Compared to most animals in the vast kingdom, humans have one of the longest childhoods. And you might think this is so we have time to develop our advanced thinking skills, but scientists think it might not be that simple. Hosted by: Brit Garner ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at https://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Silas Emrys, Jb Taishoff, Bd_Tmprd, Harrison Mills, Jeffrey Mckishen, James Knight, Christoph Schwanke, Jacob, Matt Curls, Sam Buck, Christopher R Boucher, Eric Jensen, Lehel Kovacs, Adam Brainard, Greg, Ash, Sam Lutfi, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, charles george, Alex Hackman, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2019.1608 https://www.americanscientist.org/article/the-benefits-of-a-long-childhood https://www.pnas.org/content/111/36/13010 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5043137/ https://www.purdue.edu/research/regulatory-affairs/animal-research/docs/Mouse%20Breeding%20Colony%20Management%20Document.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2913577/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16649713 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29903439/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK538167/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2776484/ https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10329-017-0615-x https://www.pnas.org/content/109/Supplement_1/10661 https://www.ippf.org/sites/default/files/ippf_right_to_decide_01.pdf Image Sources: https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/asian-happy-little-kid-blowing-and-playing-soap-of-bubble-wand-in-garden-gm1184650941-333568366 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/concept-nature-reserve-conserve-wildlife-reserve-tiger-deer-global-warming-food-loaf-gm1197795305-342099863 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/portrait-of-delighted-positive-lucky-cheerful-kid-feel-crazy-funky-rejoice-raise-gm1179338641-329958522 https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/group-of-children-playing-and-splashing-in-lake-backlit-by-sun-boontg65mjn4smkli https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/science-anatomy-scan-of-human-brain-glowing-with-yellow-blxkrxjexiwp754ox https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/multi-ethnic-group-of-preschool-students-in-class-gm1166892018-321598825 https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/cartoon-brain-lifting-dumbbells-vector-gm1208760136-349508008 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/to-hear-her-giggle-is-simply-the-cutest-gm1205239075-347112483 https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/dolphin-vector-illustration-gm1282715436-380364894 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/brown-bear-family-with-cub-on-mothers-back-gm470986312-62523708 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/small-monkey-and-his-mother-gm535702227-57278270 https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/little-girl-eats-watermelon-portrait-of-child-eats-watermelon-slices-hb-zn67r7jkg3vs4f https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/sections-of-human-brain-anatomy-side-view-flat-gm1039705666-278333673 https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/cute-cartoon-smart-human-brain-character-with-glasses-relaxation-meditate-concept-gm1200062539-343596372 https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/3d-animation-neural-network-and-neurons-firing-in-the-brain-sbgqpd7ddkgpowp3e https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/white-fronted-capuchin-monkeys-cebus-albifrons-in-the-ecuadorian-amazon-nggjkm3hlilo84nyz https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/neuron-network-fly-through-fantasy-visualisation-rquuletkeizj0tzg2 https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/dad-walking-with-little-baby-boy-on-golden-foliage-in-the-park-in-slow-motion-hawrj4hqiowow8v8


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