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Assertion Contradicted
Historical Average for Human Maternal Breastfeeding Is Four Years
“Through breastfeeding, which, you know, the human average across history is four years of skin to skin contact and the provision of nourishment and the oxytocin that's released and the prolactin that is this oceanic feeling of connection that's foundational.”
Dacher Keltner Feb 21, 2018 ▶ 3:34 #29 Dacher Keltner: Survival of the Kindest
Assertion Contradicted
Half of Scientists Were Creationists When Darwin Published Evolution Theory
“At the time that Darwin published his theory of evolution, 50% of scientists were creationists.”
Dacher Keltner Feb 21, 2018 ▶ 24:35 #29 Dacher Keltner: Survival of the Kindest
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