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ThatOneGuy308 t1_j1wu0pt wrote

Reply to comment by __WanderLust_ in TIFU by choking the chicken after my tonsillectomy by Fireblade09

It's not a bug, it's a feature.

From an evolutionary standpoint, your death is worth it if you manage to reproduce, so here we are.

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Kile147 t1_j1yaprt wrote

Not exactly. Our young are useless and need protection/support. If we die trying to raise them they die too, and the resources spent to get us to breeding age were wasted.

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ThatOneGuy308 t1_j1yy89t wrote

While this is true, you don't actually need both parents to raise the child, realistically, only the female has to survive.

Although I suppose even for males, it would be more optimum to survive long enough to impregnate multiple partners in order to maximize potential surviving children, so it's still not ideal to die.

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Atharaenea t1_j23hos1 wrote

Humans evolved to be highly social, so our young don't necessarily NEED their parents, so long as there are still adults in the tribe to care for them, or other lactating women if they're so young they're reliant on nursing.

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