| >Which cultures completely restrict their infants from attempting to walk? The ones I mentioned in my comment. >Did you read the paper you linked? It describes all the immense amount of learning that actually happens. Again, as I said, there is a degree of fine-tuning but the core mechanisms are innate. Some examples: > In particular, the core premotor components of locomotor circuitry mainly derive from a set of embryonic interneurons that are remarkably conserved across different
species >Detailed EMG recordings in chick embryos during the final week of incubation showed that the profiles of EMG activity during repetitive limb movements resemble those of locomotion at hatching > In addition, human fetuses exhibit a rich repertoire of leg movements that includes single leg kicks, symmetrical double legs kicks, and symmetrical inter-limb alternation with variable phase. I don't think you read the article, or else you think that "development" means learning. >Have you actually seen a foal walking? They are very visibly learning how to do it! They can walk right away, but they get better at it. It's innate, but you can fine-tune it. Like I said. Another (impressive) example of an animal innately walking, this time to avoid predators immediately after hatching https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3OjfK0t1XM |