On Thursday, 21 December 2017 15:45:55 UTC, alan_m wrote:
On 21/12/2017 14:49, whisky-dave wrote:

Why would they slap a baby on teh bum in order to make it cry if it didn't feel pain ?


Why do babies cry at all?

I've no idea why anyone crys whether sad or happy .

And has it only started happening since they
were slapped on the bottom?

No idea , never trained as a midwife perhaps they know.


In the past a crying baby would have identified to a predator an easy
meal (of both the baby and its companions)

I'm not sure man or the 'apes' at the time had many predators.