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From: douglas@bcsaic.UUCP (douglas schuler)
Newsgroups: net.sci,net.kids
Subject: primate crying
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Date: Wed, 18-Sep-85 12:35:06 EDT
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We have an 8 week old baby boy who spends a certain amount of his
time crying.  In one of the baby books it states that babies of this
age cry about 3 hours a day.  I was wondering if other primates cry,
and, if so, do they do it to the same degree.  If human babies cry
to a greater extent this would give some support for the idea that
crying is language preparation.


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