A child who lived with animals. Real stories of Mowgli: what happened to children raised by animals

Mowgli is a popular character created by Kipling. For a long time, both book lovers and movie fans continue to admire this hero. And there is nothing strange about this, because Mowgli embodies beauty, intelligence and nobility, while being just a jungle fairy tale.

There is another fairly famous character raised by monkeys. We are, of course, talking about Tarzan. According to the book, he managed not only to integrate into society, but also to marry successfully. At the same time, animal habits almost completely disappeared.

Do fairy tales have a place in the real world?

Naturally, the stories look quite attractive, they take your breath away, take you into a world of adventure and make you believe that the characters will find a place for themselves in any country, in any conditions. But in reality, everything doesn't look so great. There have never been such cases when a child raised by animals eventually became a human being. He will begin to develop Mowgli syndrome.

Main features of the disease

The development of people is characterized by the presence of specific boundaries when certain functions are formed. Learning to speak, imitating parents, walking upright and much more. And if a child does not learn all this, then he will not do it when he grows up. And the real Mowgli is unlikely to learn human speech and will not begin to walk on all fours. And he would never understand the moral principles of society.

So what does Mowgli syndrome mean? We are talking about a certain number of characteristics and parameters that are possessed by those who were not raised in human society. This is the ability to speak, and the fear caused by people, and non-recognition of tableware, etc.

Of course, a “human child” raised by animals can be taught to imitate speech or behavior characteristic of people. But Mowgli's syndrome turns all this into ordinary training. Naturally, a child is capable of adapting to society if he is returned before the age of 12-13. However, he will still suffer from mental problems.

There was a case when a child was raised by dogs. Over time, the girl was taught to talk, but this did not make her consider herself a human. In her opinion, she was just a dog and did not belong to human society. Mowgli syndrome sometimes leads to death, because children raised by animals, when they get to people, begin to experience something other than just physiological.

Experts know a large number of stories of “human children”, and only a small part of them is known to society. This review will look at the most famous Mowgli children.

Chimpanzee boy from Nigeria

In 1996, a boy, Bello, was found in the jungles of Nigeria. It was difficult to determine his exact age, but according to experts, the child was only 2 years old. The foundling was found to have physical and mental abnormalities. Apparently because of this they left him in the forest. Naturally, he could not stand up for himself, but the chimpanzees not only did not harm him, but also accepted him into their tribe.

Like many other feral children, a boy named Bello adopted animal habits and began to walk like monkeys. The story became widespread in 2002, when the boy was discovered in a boarding school for abandoned children. At first, he often fought, threw various things, ran and jumped. However, over time he became calmer, but never learned to talk. In 2005, Bello died of unknown causes.

Bird boy from Russia

Mowgli syndrome made itself felt in many countries. Russia was no exception. In 2008, it was found in Volgograd six year old boy. Human speech was unfamiliar to him; instead, the foundling chirped. He acquired this skill thanks to his parrot friends. The boy's name was Vanya Yudin.

It should be noted that the guy was not physically harmed in any way. However, he was unable to make contact with people. Vanya had a birdlike demeanor and used his hands to express emotions. This was due to the fact that the guy lived for a long time without leaving the room in which his mother’s birds lived.

Although the boy lived with his mother, according to social workers, she not only did not talk to him, but also treated him like another feathered pet. At the present stage, the guy is in a center for psychological help. Experts are trying to return it from the bird world.

Boy raised by wolves

In 1867, a 6-year-old boy was found by Indian hunters. It happened in a cave where a pack of wolves lived. Dean Sanichar, which was the name of the foundling, ran on all fours, like animals. They tried to treat the guy, but in those days there were not only appropriate means, but also effective methods.

At first, the “human cub” ate raw meat, refused to eat dishes, and tried to tear off his clothes. Over time, he began to eat cooked meals. But I never learned to talk.

Wolf girls

In 1920, Amala and Kamala were discovered in a wolf den in India. The first was 1.5 years old, the second was already 8 years old. For most of their lives, the girls were raised by wolves. Although they were together, experts did not consider them sisters, since the age difference was quite significant. They were just left in one place in different times.

Feral children were found under rather interesting circumstances. At that time, rumors about two ghostly spirits who lived with the wolves became widespread in the village. Frightened residents came to the priest for help. He, hiding near the cave, waited for the wolves to leave and looked into their lair, where the children who were raised by the animals were discovered.

According to the priest’s description, the girls were “disgusting creatures from head to toe”, they moved exclusively on all fours, and did not possess any human characteristics. Although he had no experience in adapting such children, he took them with him.

Amala and Kamala slept together, refused to wear clothes, ate only raw meat, and howled often. They could no longer walk vertically, as the tendons and joints on their arms became shorter as a result of physical deformation. The girls refused to communicate with people, trying to return back to the jungle.

After some time, Amala died, which is why Kamala fell into deep mourning and even cried for the first time. The priest thought that she too would soon die, so he began to work more actively on her. As a result, Kamala learned to walk, at least a little, and even learned a few words. But in 1929 she too died due to kidney failure.

Children raised by dogs

Madina was discovered by specialists at the age of three. She was raised not by people, but by dogs. Madina preferred to bark, although she knew some words. After examination, the found girl was found to be mentally and physically healthy. It is for this reason that the dog girl still has a chance to return to a full life in human society.

Another similar story happened in Ukraine in 1991. Parents left their daughter Oksana at the age of three in a kennel, where she grew up for 5 years surrounded by dogs. In this regard, she adopted the behavior of animals, began to bark, growl, and moved exclusively on all fours.

The dog girl knew only two words - “yes” and “no”. After a course of intensive therapy, the child nevertheless acquired social and verbal skills and began to talk. But psychological problems so it didn't go anywhere. The girl does not know how to express herself, and quite often tries to communicate not by speech, but by showing emotions. Now the girl lives in Odessa in one of the clinics, often spending her time with animals.

Wolf girl

The Lobo girl was first seen in 1845. She, along with a pack of predators, attacked goats near San Felipe. After a year, the information about Lobo was confirmed. She was seen eating the meat of a dead goat. The villagers began searching for the child. They were the ones who caught the girl and named her Lobo.

But, like many other Mowgli children, the girl tried to break free, which she did. The next time she was seen was only 8 years later near the river with the wolf cubs. Frightened by people, she picked up the animals and disappeared into the forest. No one else met her.

wild child

The girl Rochom Piengeng disappeared along with her sister when she was only 8 years old. She was found only 18 years later in 2007, when her parents no longer hoped for it. The wild cub discovered was a peasant whose girl was trying to steal food. Her sister was never found.

We worked a lot with Roch and tried with all our might to return him to normal life. After a while she even began to say some words. If Rochom wanted to eat, she pointed to her mouth, often crawled on the ground and refused to wear clothes. The girl never got used to human life and ran away into the forest in 2010. Since then, her whereabouts have been unknown.

Child locked in a room

All those who are interested in children raised by animals know a girl named Jean. Although she did not live with animals, she resembled them in her habits. At the age of 13, she was locked in a room with only a chair and a potty tied to it. Father also liked to tie Jean up and lock her in a sleeping bag.

The child’s parent abused his power, did not allow the girl to talk, punishing her for trying to say something with a stick. Instead of human interaction, he growled and barked at her. The head of the family did not allow her mother to communicate with the child. For this reason vocabulary girls included only 20 words.

The genie was discovered in 1970. At first they thought she was autistic. But then the doctors discovered that the child had become a victim of violence. For a long period, Jean was treated in a children's hospital. But this did not lead to any significant improvements. Although she was able to answer some questions, she still had the habits of an animal. The girl kept her hands in front of her all the time, as if they were paws. She didn't stop scratching and biting.

Subsequently, a therapist began to take care of her upbringing. Thanks to him, she learned sign language and began to express emotions through drawings and communication. The training lasted for 4 years. Then she went to live with her mother, and then she ended up with foster parents, with which the girl was unlucky again. The new family caused the child to become mute. Now the girl lives in Southern California.

Wild Peter

Mowgli syndrome, examples of which were described above, also appeared in a child living in Germany. In 1724, people discovered a hairy boy who moved only on all fours. They were able to catch him through deception. Peter did not speak at all and ate only raw foods. Although he subsequently began to perform simple work, but never learned to communicate. Wild Peter died at an old age.

Conclusion

These are not all examples. We can endlessly list people who have Mowgli syndrome. The psychology of wild foundlings is of great interest to many specialists, if only because not a single person raised by animals has ever been able to return to a normal, fulfilling life.

Raised by hermits. For seventeen years he lived in a dugout, where he was later abandoned by his parents. The young man himself said that, according to his parents, he was born in 1993 in the vicinity of the village of Kaitanak outside a medical institution. He has not received any education, has no social skills or understanding of the outside world.

IN November 2011 In the Primorsky district of St. Petersburg, Mowgli girls were discovered - two sisters, six and four years old. They never ate hot food, did not know how to speak, and expressed gratitude like dogs, trying to lick adults' hands. The girls' parents are experienced alcoholics.

IN February 2010 employees of the juvenile affairs inspectorate - without the necessary education and in unsanitary conditions. The owner, born in 1971, lived in a private house, her daughter was born in 1989, an eight-month-old grandson and two granddaughters, one of whom was two years old and the other two months old. At the same time, the older girl at two years old did not speak, but only mooed, the boy at eight months looked like a five-month old, and the younger girl was emaciated. The police did not find any documents on the children.

IN February 2010 in one of the apartments in the Sormovsky district, about which his parents did not care. He was not fed or clothed, his health was not monitored, and his development and training were not taken care of. He was born with mental disabilities and previously went to correctional school. Due to inadequate care, his health condition deteriorated significantly.
The child was found thanks to neighbors who began to feed him and showed him to the doctors. The boy spoke poorly and did not remember the last time he washed himself.

IN July 2009 the Zheleznodorozhny District Court of Chita deprived parental rights parents. According to the Internal Affairs Directorate, the five-year-old girl has never been outside. The owners of the house where she lived did not let anyone into the apartment, did not communicate with neighbors, and appeared on the street mainly to walk their pets. Despite the fact that the baby lived in a three-room apartment with her father, grandparents and other relatives, she hardly spoke, although she understood human speech.

IN February 2009 Juvenile inspectors in one of the houses in the Leninsky district of Ufa found a three-year-old girl who was eating and sleeping with dogs. Her mother drank and lived in a garbage dump. The girl was afraid of people and strove, like a dog, to get on all fours. She didn't know what a spoon was.

IN February 2010 in one of the apartments in the Sormovsky district, about which his parents did not care. He was not fed or clothed, his health was not monitored, and his development and training were not taken care of. He was born with mental disabilities and previously attended a special school. Due to inadequate care, his health condition deteriorated significantly.
The child was found thanks to neighbors who began to feed him and showed him to the doctors. The boy spoke poorly and did not remember the last time he washed himself.

IN July 2009 The Zheleznodorozhny District Court of Chita deprived the parents of parental rights. According to the Internal Affairs Directorate, the five-year-old girl has never been outside. The owners of the house where she lived did not let anyone into the apartment, did not communicate with neighbors, and appeared on the street mainly to walk their pets. Despite the fact that the baby lived in a three-room apartment with her father, grandparents and other relatives, she hardly spoke, although she understood human speech.

The idea that children could be raised by wild animals sounds like the stuff of fictional stories like The Jungle Book or Tarzan. But did you know that there were such cases in real life? Here are some stories of children who were abandoned or lost in the wild and adopted into animal families.

10. Oksana Malaya

In 1991, a girl named Oksana Malaya was found living in a dog kennel. She was eight years old when rescuers found her, and only three years old when her drinking parents lost her on the street. To keep warm, she climbed into a kennel with a litter of mongrels and lived with them for the next five years. After several years of living apart from human society, she adopted all the traits of dogs: the girl walked on all fours, ate raw meat, growled, whined, barked and even bared her teeth when approached. The mongrels considered her one of the members of their family, this was clearly visible from the way they resisted and attacked when the rescuers tried to take the girl.

Due to the fact that Oksana began to master speech and social communication skills very late, it took a lot of effort and time to return her to a human appearance. She had to relearn how to speak and walk upright on two legs. According to recent reports, she lives in a facility for the mentally retarded and spends most of her time caring for the animals on the clinic's farm.

9. Marina Chapman

Colombian Marina Chapman was five years old when she was kidnapped and left to die in the jungle. Fearing loneliness, she joined a flock of capuchin monkeys, very smart animals with black and white coloring. For five years, she followed them around, imitating their behavior in feeding, socialization and communication. As a result, the capuchins accepted her as one of their own and taught her to look for food in the forest and run away from predators. In the end, she was found by hunters, but they handed the girl over to a brothel, from where she, fortunately, escaped. Now she lives in the family of a British housewife along with her two daughters - a happy ending! She wrote a book describing her five-year vagrancy entitled The Girl With No Name; The Incredible Story Of A Girl Raised By Monkeys.

8. Boy raised by goats

In 1990, a boy was found in the Peruvian Andes. Nobody knows how he ended up there. But he lived with a herd of wild Peruvian goats starting at age eight. He survived on their milk and wild fruits. The boy had no linguistic skills, but could communicate with his goat family by bleating. He used his hands like hooves, causing them to become too calloused to hold anything. The skin on my arms and legs was injured and hardened. Many bones grew abnormally due to walking on all fours for almost ten years. He was sent to Kansas for research and was later named Daniel.

7. Rochom Pnjieng

Rochom was found in the dense jungle in a remote area of northeastern Cambodia when a villager noticed his food was going missing. The girl was taken to the nearest village, where her father recognized her by the scar she had left from childhood. The girl disappeared twenty years ago, when she was eight years old. She said that she survived in the jungle thanks to the help of various animals, especially monkeys, because her gait and figure were similar to those of a monkey. The girl could barely speak or communicate and was tearing off any clothes she had. Her new family tried their best to keep track of the girl over the years, and she tried to escape into the jungle several times at various times. In May 2010, her escape into the jungle was successful and she was never seen again.

6. Vanya Yudin

Eight-year-old Vanya Yudin was found in a tiny Russian apartment with a large number of birds in cages. His birth mother treated him like one of her pets, he lived next to the birds and learned to imitate their chirps and shrill cries. When the authorities found him, the boy, deprived of human communication, could not utter a single word. Although his mother never insulted him or kept him hungry, social services They took the boy from his mother and sent him to rehabilitation. In 2008, the mother was deprived of parental rights, and the boy was placed in a psychological care unit for recovery.

5. Lyokha, who grew up as a Russian wolf cub

In 2007, residents of the Kaluga region in central Russia reported that they found a nearly frozen boy in a den of leaves and branches. The police saved him. He could not speak, but only growled and tried to bite the policeman who was holding him. The boy was admitted to a hospital near Moscow. In appearance, he was about ten years old, but he could be older, since he grew up in natural conditions. The nails on his hands and feet were long and sharp, like nails, and his overall behavior was that of a wolf. Hospital staff bathed the boy, cut his nails and took blood samples; they named him Lyokha. The wolf boy clearly didn't like the attention he received and ran away within 24 hours.

4. Hadara, raised by ostriches

At the beginning of the twentieth century, two-year-old Hadara was separated from his parents in the Sahara Desert. He found himself alone in the middle of the desert, and it seemed that he had no chance of salvation, but the incredible happened - he was picked up by ostriches! Ostriches usually do not make contact with people; this is the only known case. Young Hadara lived with a family of long-legged birds for ten years. When he was rescued, the boy was already twelve. Now he is married. He lives with his children and tells them the incredible story of his survival.

3. John Sembuya

When two-year-old John saw his father kill his mother, he fled into the jungles of Uganda. There he was picked up by a troop of green monkeys. The boy lived with his new family for three years, until he was found and returned to human society. He prefers raw foods and cannot stand upright.

2. Ivan Mishukov

Ivan was four years old when he ran away from Moscow, and he had no chance in this grim situation until a pack of stray dogs took him in. He eventually became the leader of the pack, as he was the only one who could successfully beg food from humans! The dogs reciprocated his feelings; they protected him during the day and kept him from freezing at night. Like any typical wild story, it ended with him being picked up by the police two years later and the boy having to learn to be human all over again.

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Vanzina E., Nikishina Y., Shkunova A..

The purpose of this work- define what constitutes human nature ? Find out whether a person is endowed with human characteristics from birth, or acquires them as a result of communication with his own kind?

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MUNICIPAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

"BASIC EDUCATIONAL SCHOOL No. 78"

Zavodsky district of Saratov

Research work

CHILDREN "MOWGLI"

Nikishina Yulia,

Shkunova Anna,

Vanzina Elena

students of grade 8 "B"

Supervisor:

Emelyanova Valentina Nikolaevna,

biology - chemistry teacher

Municipal educational institution "Security school No. 78",

highest qualification category

Saratov

2013

1. Introduction_______________________________________________3

2. Who are they – “Mowgli’s children”?__________________________4

3. “Mowgli’s Children” Among Us__________________________________________5

4. Signs of “Mowgli syndrome”________________________________7

5. Is the process of human restoration possible?_________8

6. Conclusion_______________________________________________11

7. List of references used_____________________12

8. Applications__________________________________________13

Introduction:

Fear was looking at me from the TV screen. A fifteen-year-old girl, jumping on all fours and barking frantically, rushed at the television camera. Then she stopped, breathed heavily, sticking out her tongue like a dog, and continued to rush around the green clearing. This girl was diagnosed with the rarest diagnosis in the world - “Mowgli syndrome”.

We all read Mowgli as children, and hundreds of boys played Tarzan. In Kipling's fairy tale about the human cub Mowgli, a child raised by animals learned from them kindness, decency and, one might say, humanity.(slide number 2)

I have a question: Can this happen in real life? Can this girl, who grew up in a doghouse, abandoned to the mercy of fate by her own parents, acquire the same qualities and become a full-fledged person?

Over the entire observable history of the human race, a little more than a hundred cases have been recorded in documentary or oral form when children grew up away from people, alone or in the company of animals whose habits they adopted. Unfortunately, nowadays there are more and more reports of such children in the media.

The purpose of this project- define what constitutes human nature? (slide number 3)

Tasks:

Find out whether a person is endowed with human characteristics from birth, or acquires them as a result of communication with his own kind?
What is the role of innate and acquired in human development?
Who are they “Mowgli’s children”?
Is human restoration possible?

Who are they – “Mowgli’s children”?

Carl Linnaeus, who created the classification of plants and animals, introduced the term Homo ferens into scientific use in 1758, which meant “a creature completely covered thick hair and without the gift of speech."

As an example, Linnaeus described several Homo ferens, among them a Lithuanian “bear boy”, an Irish “sheep boy”, two Pyrenees hairy boys and a wild girl from Champagne.

Researchers have collected a huge amount of material about several dozen “wild children” who grew up among animals:(slide number 4)

The first “wolf boy” was discovered in 1344 in Hesse (Germany).

Until he was 4 years old, he lived in a hole, ate raw food and was protected by wolves.

In 1731, a 10-year-old girl was found in France whose thumbs had lengthened, allowing her to easily fly from tree to tree.

The children of "Mauga" are people deprived of human society, children who disappeared many years ago. There were cases when a child was born with some kind of abnormality, and the mother, fearing that she would be accused of having connections with evil spirits, secretly took the child into the forest, into caves, into the mountains and left there to certain death. It also happened differently: left without parental supervision, the baby got lost and the animals accepted him into their family. Sometimes it happened that female animals themselves captured babies - these were the females who lost their cubs. Not only those children who are lost become feral, but also those who were specially kept in an isolated room, never allowed outside.

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Unfortunately, more and more often children - Mowgli - began to be found not in the forest or in the jungle, but next to us, in cities and villages, in our time. They live very close by, sometimes in neighboring apartments or houses, but most often they are found by pure chance, and often only when irreversible changes in their physical development and psyche have already occurred.

"Mowgli's children" are among us.

It turns out that people who grew up among animals are found almost every year. And their fate is not at all like in a fairy tale...(slide number 6)

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Cat boy. In the fall of 2003, 3-year-old Anton Adamov was found in one of the houses in the village of Goritsy, Ivanovo region. The baby behaved like a real cat: meowed, scratched, hissed, moved on all fours, rubbed its back against people’s legs. Throughout the boy’s short life, the only person who communicated with him was a cat, with whom the child’s 28-year-old parent locked him away so as not to distract him from drinking.

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Podolsk boy-dog. In the town of Podolsk near Moscow in 2008, a seven-year-old child was discovered who lived in an apartment with his mother, and, nevertheless, suffered from “Mowgli syndrome.” In fact, he was raised by a dog: Vitya Kozlovtsev was fluent in all dog habits. He ran beautifully on all fours, barked, lapped from his bowl and curled up comfortably on the rug. After the boy was found, his mother was deprived of parental rights. Vitya himself was transferred to the “House of Mercy” of Lilith and Alexander Gorelov.

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Boy from Reutov, who became the leader of the dogs. In 1996, 4-year-old Vanya ran away from home from his drinking mother and her alcoholic boyfriend. Replenishing the army of two million homeless children Russian Federation. He tried to beg food from passers-by on the outskirts of Moscow, climbed into a garbage container and met a pack of stray dogs, with whom he shared the edible garbage he found. They began to wander together. The dogs protected Vanya and warmed him on winter nights; they chose him as the leader of the pack. So two years passed until the police detained Mishukov, luring him to the back entrance to the restaurant kitchen. The boy was sent to an orphanage.

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A fifteen-year-old girl from Ukraine, Oksana Malaya, jumping on all fours, grew up in a doghouse, abandoned to the mercy of fate by her own parents, and miraculously survived, feeding on the milk of mongrels. IN orphanage The dog girl doesn’t like where she was finally taken. She's trying her best to get back to old life- mixes all the dishes in one plate and laps it up like a dog, and at the first opportunity begins to move around on all fours.

The most famous are the Indian girls Kamala and Amala, found in the jungle in 1920. Until the trustee of the orphanage in Midnapore, Dr. Singh, caught the sisters, local residents who met the girls in the forest considered them werewolves. The sisters lived in a pack of wolves and moved either on their knees and elbows (when walking slowly), or on their hands and feet (when running fast). They didn't like daylight. The girls ate raw meat and self-caught chickens. To take the girls from the wolf's den, people had to shoot their wolf "mother". At that time, the baby, who was later named Amala, was about one and a half years old, and the one who was given the name Kamala was about eight years old. Amala, less than a year after beginning life among humans, died of nephritis (kidney inflammation). Kamala lived in civilization for about nine years. She adapted very poorly to human life: she learned only a few words and could not get rid of the habit of getting on all fours.

Was caught in China in 1996 two year old boy, who lived with pandas. He crawled on the ground on all fours and ate bamboo. Due to a genetic abnormality, the child's body was completely covered with hair. Perhaps it was because of this that superstitious parents once took the baby to the forest and abandoned him there.

In 2001, a boy was caught in Chile who, at the age of 7, ran away from a shelter with a pack of dogs. The child wandered along the streets with dogs for two years, running away from the police who tried to grab him.

There are many other examples:

Volgograd bird boy.

Ufa girl-dog.

Vyazma girl-Mowgli.

Girl-dog from Chita and many others.

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Children raised by animals sufferdisease - "Mowgli syndrome".

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Signs of "Mowgli syndrome".

According to the candidate of psychological sciences, teacher of the department of “Special and Clinical Psychology” Galina Alekseevna Panina, “Mowgli syndrome” is a set of syndromes that are demonstrated by a child who grew up outside a social environment.

Among common features“Mowgli syndrome” includes speech impairment or inability to speak, inability to walk upright, desocialization, lack of skills in using cutlery, and fear of people. At the same time, they often have excellent health and a much more stable immune system than people living in society. Psychologists have often noted that a person who has spent quite a long time among animals begins to identify himself with his “brethren.”

The terrible diagnosis “Mowgli Syndrome” – irreversibility of defects mental development- one of the rarest in medicine, but doctors will have to install it until society learns to take care of unfortunate children deprived of the attention of their relatives, until it stops shifting what is its prerogative to the paws of animals, until it understands that it is losing a person in the most terrifying way - the loss of his soul.

Is the process of human restoration possible?

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Social isolation in the first months and years of a person’s life can lead to severe emotional instability and mental retardation, including the so-called “Mowgli syndrome.” A child's lack of communication leads to abnormal formation of cells that insulate neurons and slower communication between different areas of the brain.

American neurophysiologists from Harvard Medical School in Boston conducted a study. One group of newborn mouse pups was isolated from their relatives, and the second was left to develop in a normal environment. After two weeks, the researchers compared the brains of the rodents from these groups. As it turned out, in isolated mice there was a disruption in the functioning of cells that produce the substance myelin, which is responsible for the sheath of nerve fibers. Myelin protects neurons from mechanical and electrical damage. Impaired production of this substance is the cause of diseases such as multiple sclerosis.

According to the study, the brains of isolated mice produced significantly less myelin than the brains of their socialized counterparts. Scientists do not rule out that a similar relationship exists in humans. It is quite possible that the same processes occur during the development of the so-called Mowgli children.

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When asked whether the process of human recovery after a long stay outside the human environment into society is possible, experts do not give a clear answer: everything is too individual. If a person does not develop any of the functions in time, it is almost impossible to compensate for them later. As experts note, after the 12-13 year threshold, an undeveloped person can only be “trained” or, in some cases, minimally adapted to the social environment, but whether he can be socialized as an individual is a big question. If a child ends up in an animal community before he has developed the skill of walking upright, then moving on all fours will be the only way possible way for life - it will be impossible to relearn.

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Yuriy Levchenko, candidate of psychological sciences, says that in the period up to five years, elements of communication and psychosomatic functions are formed in a child(Appendix No. 1).Children in isolation do not have psychosomatic stability, and elements of communication in its complete absence will not be developed. First of all, a child must communicate with others like himself. It is difficult to cure a child who has not had any contact with people before this age.

Two sisters taken from a pack of wolves, both died; the youngest - almost immediately, and the eldest - several years later, without ever learning to speak

A Podolsk boy - a dog, Vitya Kozlovtsev, in a year learned to walk, talk, use a spoon and fork, play and laugh.

Oksana Malaya has been humanized for many years. They taught me how to stitch on a typewriter, embroider, and count to twenty. But it was impossible to leave her unattended. The matured girl was transferred to a boarding school for adults, where she is allowed to communicate with best friends- yard dogs. And help take care of the cows. Already matured, the girl-dog is gradually degrading. Despite all the efforts of educators and teachers, she cannot read and write, although she could only a year ago. Having difficulty standing on two legs, when asked: “What do you like to do most?” answers: “Swing on the grass and bark,” and to the question: “Who are you? Are you a human?”, the girl, baring her teeth, gives a heartbreaking answer: “No, I’m an animal, I’m a dog.”

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There are cases when “Mowgli’s children” managed to survive among people. A ten-year-old boy lived with monkeys for three years but was able to...