the documentary “Babies” took four babies of different ethnic and cultural backgrounds from different parts of the world; Ponijao in Namibia; Bayarjargal in Mongolia; Husband in Tokyo and Hattie in San Francisco, and followed them from birth to their first birthday. Even though there was no narration from the filmmaker, it was clear what the story was telling. These babies gave us a side-by-side view of their lives, showing us how identical they were, even culturally, despite the way they had been fed. Likewise, how much they evolved based on different selection pressures in their culture. Although these babies, through their culture, have developed their own identity, there are nevertheless moments where they show how similar they are. What these babies all have in common, no matter where they are in the world, is their developmental stages. All four babies reached a milestone in their lives around the same time. They rolled, crawled and walked at around the same age. They laughed, cried, pooped and played the same way. They have similarities in their game development; you see their playful interactions with others around them, whether it's their parents or other children around them or when they are left to play alone. We saw Mari become frustrated as she tried to thread a spindle through the hole in a disc; watched as Bayar tried to get his hands on a roll of toilet paper which he managed to untangle, once he grabbed it he started taking bites of it and seemed to be having fun doing it. We observed these babies show their curiosity about the things around them and even their curiosity about self-discovery. We saw Ponijao looking under his loincloth to find the middle of the paper...this is a common practice in Ponijao and Bayar culture. But if we look beyond all these aspects of their lives, we will see happiness and contentment on the faces of these babies. We see the mother's expression of love and affection towards the baby. We see that mothers are very caring towards their babies; they sang to them, spoke to them and hugged them. Babies also show the impact of cultural selection pressures in the way they interact with the animals around them. While Bayar shows no fear when sitting between two goats and then patting their backs, nor when surrounded by the herd of cows. But Mari, on the other hand, seems terrified of the caged gorilla and started crying when her mother took her to see the gorilla at the zoo. Family closeness and gatherings were also one of the differences between cultures.