One of the really important advantages humans have is a combination of long childhood periods, language, and living a long time after our peak reproductive years. Kids take a long time to grow so they can grow much larger and more complex brains than they could with only 9 months in utero. Humans live a long time after their peak reproductive age. That means old people can care for and teach children while young people are out doing important economic stuff. It gives us an enormous advantage over similar species.
I'll recommend you an Athabaskan story about Two Old Women on the topic of how some migratory tribes would treat their elderly and/or disabled, at least in relation to the more arctic regions.
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One of the really important advantages humans have is a combination of long childhood periods, language, and living a long time after our peak reproductive years. Kids take a long time to grow so they can grow much larger and more complex brains than they could with only 9 months in utero. Humans live a long time after their peak reproductive age. That means old people can care for and teach children while young people are out doing important economic stuff. It gives us an enormous advantage over similar species.
Old people teach children superstition, old wives tales and sexism. There's a reason schools employ mostly younger people.
I'll recommend you an Athabaskan story about Two Old Women on the topic of how some migratory tribes would treat their elderly and/or disabled, at least in relation to the more arctic regions.
Seems that it's more of a cultural morality tale that reinforces against abandoning the elderly and sick