Why can't the human baby walk after birth?

[victor]

Hey, I'm start to curious also...why a just born animal can stand and even walk? is that because they secretory has secreted mylin shealth already?

[Poison]

I don't know about other animals but I know that cats can not stand just after birth.

[victor]

I watched NG movie and I saw that a calf can stand about 2 hours after it was born..

[James]

It's usually animals that are born into a harsh environment- ie being hunted from the moment they are born.

[victor]

You mean it's just like a adaptation for the harsh environment??that's good reason...to avoid predators..

[James]

It's natural selection- those that can walk/run after birth are more likely to survive and reproduce.

[victor]

Guess human is the only exception...

[Dr.Stein]

It is about a coordination system between nervous system and muscular system.

[Waters2]

Last time i also asked u all about the similiar question but u all said that is just the animal instinct and also related it to the life- span of the human and animals.

[Waters2]

Yea - pretty true - imagine if a pregnant lady gives birth to a baby, and it walks to her immediately =\

This will shocks the lady. I could not imagine the sitution that after the baby just born and can walk toward her/his mum.
But the animal just born like the gazzel and moses just born, can walk and playing with their mum,hehehe.
_at_ Andrew
He said that the mylin shealth will takes time to develop in our nervous systems so the development of the nervous system animal shoud be faster than human.

[victor]

Maybe they've already done it while they're still in the womb of their mom...

[biostudent84]

It has to do with the development of the organism before, during, and after birth. Animals like sharks give birth to fully developed and mature sharks, albiet they are a lot smaller. Animals like humans give birth to partially developed babies. They still have some development to go after birth.

The idea behind giving birth to partially developed offspring rather than fully developed offspring is that to give birth to fully developed offspring requires a longer gestation period, and a larger chance of being attacked by predators. Shortening the gestation period, by giving birth to partially developed offspring reduces this chance of attack, while still giving the offspring a fighting chance to survive.