MEDICAL BIOLOGY, ANATOMY, HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY - Ya.I. Fedoniuk 2010

BIOLOGY

SECTION 1. BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF HUMAN VITAL ACTIVITY

1.4. ONTOGENETIC LEVEL OF LIFE ORGANIZATION

1.4.3. Biology of Individual Development

Features of the Postnatal period of Human Development in relation to biosocial Organization

During embryonic development, humans are subject to biological laws and come into the world as a uniquely organized being endowed with a set of biological prerequisites (such as a highly developed Brain) necessary for the realization of their social essence. In social terms, children in the past matured faster (entering into social production earlier to acquire food). Consciousness is formed through engagement in social interactions. If genetically normal children are abandoned in the jungle after birth and raised among wild animals, they remain devoid of social traits, including language and consciousness (about 40 such cases have been documented in India). At the same time, children who are deaf-mute or blind from birth (relying solely on Touch, smell, and taste) develop into fully functional members of society through upbringing, labor, and education within human society.



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