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Babies survive by eating solely a mother's milk. At what point do humans need to switch from only a mother's milk, and why? Or could an adult human theoretically survive on only a mother's milk of they had enough supply?

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Babies survive solely on a mother's milk for months (maybe years in some cases?), is there an age at which a human can no longer survive solely on mother's milk, or if there was enough supply could an adult survive on a diet of only human milk.

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Babies survive by eating solely a mother's milk. At what point do humans need to switch from only a mother's milk, and why? Or could an adult human theoretically survive on only a mother's milk of they had enough supply?	12894
Babies survive solely on a mother's milk for months (maybe years in some cases?), is there an age at which a human can no longer survive solely on mother's milk, or if there was enough supply could an adult survive on a diet of only human milk.	1