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[-] tetris11@lemmy.ml 66 points 3 days ago

I bet in pre-history it happened more often than not in humans, and within recorded history has likely happened more times than anyone would admit.

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 58 points 3 days ago

eeeh our whole evolutionary niche is to be so social that we'll form bonds with a literal rock, i can't see the vast vast vast majority of mentally healthy humans managing to do it, more likely they'd try to gently throw the child away from the danger and sacrifice themselves.

[-] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 16 points 3 days ago

Plenty of anecdotal stories of infant brothers and sisters not making it through hiding during the holocaust because of muffling their cries.

I don’t care enough to ruin my day by validating a of them though.

[-] SkyeStarfall 8 points 3 days ago

Okay, but I don't think this was intentional suffocation of the kids. This seems much more as an attempt to get everyone to survive

[-] theangryseal@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

I read that parents ate some kids during famines. Could be bullshit though, I don’t want to look.

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