New Born Human Babies

I'm sure most everyone has noticed the ability of new born babies to hold on to your finger if it is placed in the baby’s palm. In fact, some babies can be lifted completely up because they can hold on so tight. Learned people such as doctors, scientists, etc. say this is not a voluntary response but an instinctive response. In other words babies don't know they are doing it. My question is why do human babies need this type of response? Where did it come from? Human babies do not need to hold on to their mothers as baby monkeys do to keep from falling out of a tree. Our mothers hold on to us.If we humans were created separately from non human animals there would be no need for this instinctive reaction of holding on.

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