ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Developmental plasticity

Developmental plasticity is like playing with Playdoh. You can take the same Playdoh but mold it into different shapes or sizes. That's kind of like how our bodies have developmental plasticity. We can all have different bodies, sizes, and shapes and it doesn't matter how we are born, our bodies will change and grow as we grow up. So just like Playdoh, our bodies can change and grow depending on the environment we are in and the experiences we have.