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Cached, carried, or crèched

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 February 2005

Rosemarie Sokol*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Clark University, Worcester, MA01610
Nicholas S. Thompson*
Affiliation:
Departments of Psychology and Biology, Clark University, Worcester, MA01610

Abstract:

We believe that “caching” a baby would have been too great a danger in human prehistory, and thus could not serve as the context for prelinguistic vocalization. Rather, infants were most likely carried at all times. Thus, the question arises of why the cry of an infant is such a loud vocalization.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004

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