Hairy humans hunting, preparing fire and meals in caves, making clothes, tools and even art with their own hands. This is a vivid image in our collective imagination. Yet we often overlook the simple, radical shift that made all this possible: freeing our hands. As a babywearing consultant and lifelong observer of how humans care for their young, I’m fascinated by both what we do today and what we’ve lost touch with. Why do we carry, or struggle to carry, our babies today? An