Human beings have a key advantage over other primates: Our long life-span allows older people to share their skills and knowledge with young ones, writes AlisonGopnik
Like children, older people need special care. The current crisis has made this vivid. Millions of people have transformed their lives—staying indoors, wearing masks, practicing social distancing—to protect their vulnerable parents and grandparents, as well as other elders they may never even see.
But this raises a puzzling scientific paradox. We know that human beings are shaped by the forces of evolution and natural selection. So why did we evolve to be vulnerable for such a long stretch of our lives? And why do strong,...
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