2026-07-14 14:01 UTC
Word of the day: "neotenous"
Neoteny, also called juvenilization, is the delaying or slowing of the physiological development of an organism, typically an animal. Neoteny is found in modern humans. Humans are the neotenous ape.
The most famous example of neoteny:
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@Herbivore@kolektiva.social 2026-07-14 14:01
Humans are the apes that never fully mature, examples of our childlike features include: ▫️Thin skull bones 💀 ▫️Large brains 🧠 ▫️Large eyes 👀 ▫️Small jaw ▫️Hairless bodies ▫️Lack of a penis bone 🦴 ▫️Forward-facing vagina ▫️Presence of a hymen