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Because the baby needs to be small enough to come out of the woman's pelvis and this is adapted for bipedal gate. This means the baby is very immature and is dependent on its parents for a long time (unlike a wilder-beast calf which can walk after 1/2 an hour). Also the human brain takes a long time to develop and "program".

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Actually, it is the other way around. Humans are the only young mammals who don't reach maturity until into their teens.

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