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Originally Posted by jammies
Blame evolution; children are good at demanding attention from all nearby adults as a survival mechanism, both in the higher pitch of their voices and in the involuntary need to pay attention we feel when hearing such a voice raised in whinging. This is, IMO, the holy grail of genetic engineering: babies that raise one hand and say, "Excuse me mother, I could really use a hit off the ol' teat right about now," in soft voices like civilized beings.
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I just read an interesting study about cats that says the same thing. The premise was "Are cats as manipulative as people think they are?" It discussed the history of the domestic cat, and part of the conclusion as that they have evolved to imitate the sound of human babies crying.