"It's basically like a wild child who may have had some contact with civilization, but basically is having to start life all over again, and that may be overwhelming to them at first, " she said.

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The experience so marked Carstensen that the self-described wild child hunkered down and earned a Ph.

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From feral child to "human pet" at court in Georgian England, Peter the Wild Boy caused a sensation.

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