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Uniqueness of human childhood and adolescence?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 August 2006

Glenn E. Weisfeld
Glenn E. Weisfeld*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI48202sun.science.wayne.edu/~psych/people/facultypages/weisfeld.htm
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weisfeld@sun.science.wayne.edu
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Abstract:

Locke & Bogin (L&B) propose that humans are unique in possessing stages of childhood and adolescence. Arguments to the contrary include evidence for a similar and adaptive juvenile period in simians of slow growth, intense play and learning, and provisioning with solid food by adults. Likewise, simians as well as humans undergo a compensatory growth spurt during puberty.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 29 , Issue 3 , June 2006 , pp. 298 - 299
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006

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1. Basal metabolic rate = kWB0.75, where k is a constant and WB is body weight.