AbouBenAdhem comments on Why haven't humans evolved marsupial-like pouches? It seems an easier way to deal with the whole gestation and birthing business; and when the kids are grown you have a place to hold your car keys.

Why haven't humans evolved marsupial-like pouches? It seems an easier way to deal with the whole gestation and birthing business; and when the kids are grown you have a place to hold your car keys. (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago by TraipsersWill@lemmy.world to c/shittyaskscience@lemmy.zip

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[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 child)

What’s even easier than humans evolving kangaroo-like pouches to gestate their fetuses is humans forcing kangaroo surrogates to gestate human fetuses for us.

The solution exists, we just haven’t exploited it yet.

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[–] TraipsersWill@lemmy.world [S] 2 points 1 week ago

I'm trying to envision a human child from a 'roo surrogate, and all I'm seeing is a toddler who cannot be kept in a playpen that has an open top...

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