What is the evolutionary basis for colic?

Behavioral and Brain Sciences 27 (4):459-459 (2004)
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An evolutionary model of crying requires consideration of nonhuman primate data. Chimpanzees do not have colic. Although they have a peak of fussiness at 6 weeks with a decline by 12 weeks whether raised by biological mothers or in a human nursery, their crying is always consolable. Colic may be a by-product of delayed rates of brain development; that is, neoteny.

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10.1017/s0140525x04220106

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