Humans are significantly different from other species when it comes to childhood and development. Humans take roughly three years longer to mature than any other species. This extra time and extra development shows that we have adapted to an increase in the complexity of social and behavioral competencies needed to function in adulthood and reproduction. The differences in the physical, and social development of boys and girls are influenced by adult sex differences in sexual …showed first 75 words of 1271 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1271 total…similarities in the childhood experiences of boys and girls, there are also considerable differences. Girls and boys show different patterns of physical development, different play interests and styles, as well as different social behaviors and motives that are prominent in their adult sex differences. Geary, David C. "Male, Female; The Evolution of Human Sex Differences". November 17, 2003. American Psychological Association, 1998. <http://www.human-nature.com/books/geary7.html> Horney, Karen. "The Distrust Between the Sexes"