How Ancient Humans Raised Babies Together, Long Before Nurseries

How did ancient humans raise babies when a human newborn is the most helpless animal on the planet? The answer is that it was never a job for two parents. You will learn why upright walking and big brains turned birth into a social event, why babies are born unfinished, and how the sling freed a mother's hands. We cover nursing for two to four years, birth spacing, pre-chewed food, alloparents, hardworking grandmothers and older siblings, learning through play, the hard truth about child mortality, and why babies still wake the moment you sit down. Chapters: 0:00 The Most Helpless Newborn 1:47 A Baby Born Unfinished 3:03 Carrying and the Sling 4:25 Years of Nursing 6:20 It Took a Whole Group 8:52 Learning Through Watching and Play 10:09 Loss and Daily Danger 13:24 Old Instincts in Modern Parents #AncientHumans #Prehistory #Parenting #History