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Re:Some onions were too sexy for Facebook by Igelau on Friday October 09, 2020 @10:14PM (#24736248)
If I had to guess, compared to other primates it takes human young too long to be any good for anything. Permanent breasts would make cross-nursing more feasible in the event that a mother died or couldn't produce enough during scarcity.

No sources or background, just throwing darts at a plausible "the ones who didn't died" scenario.

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Re:Some onions were too sexy for Facebook by thaumasiotes on Friday October 09, 2020 @11:26PM (#24736494)
> Permanent breasts would make cross-nursing more feasible in the event that a mother died or couldn't produce enough during scarcity.

I don't understand what you're trying to say here. Most mammals do fine with nipples and no breasts, whether they're nursing or not. And women lactate after giving birth; they can't do it on command.

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