childhood

Childhood stress / deprivation leads to early puberty / aging

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The evidence that adult health problems have their roots in childhood or even prenatally continues to accumulate. The study below demonstrates that children who have experienced violence, trauma, deprivation or have had generally stressful childhoods not only enter puberty much earlier but are on average several years older (biologically) than their peers. While being several … Read more Childhood stress / deprivation leads to early puberty / aging

High-intelligence not unique to humans, is due to extended childhood

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A great new study that confirms many of Peat’s writings on the subject. Namely, that it is the brain to body mass ratio that largely determines the intelligence of an organism. Moreover, good nutrition and extended childhood are the main factors in determining the intellectual development of an organism. The latter contributes to intelligence by … Read more High-intelligence not unique to humans, is due to extended childhood