• Question: Why do we grow up?

    Asked by emily148 to Amy, Karen, Sarah, Vijay, Will on 19 Jun 2012.
    • Photo: Karen Reed

      Karen Reed answered on 19 Jun 2012:

      Hiya Emily – well I’d say its because we are not born fully developed adults. In evolutionary terms the point of life is to get to a stage to reproduce and pass on your genes. If we were born ready to do that we probably miss out the growing up stage – but being born ready and big isn’t physiologically possible so we are born small and then have to grow up.
      hope that helps

    • Photo: Sarah Martin

      Sarah Martin answered on 19 Jun 2012:

      Hi Emily,

      Because all the animals that tried not to grow up died out because only grown-ups can have babies and keep a species going… so that’s why we’ve all evolved to grow up.

      🙂 Sarah

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