Human growth (male terms included) — arrange stages from earliest to maturity: (a) Adult (b) Child (c) Infant (d) Boy (e) Adolescent

Introduction / Context:
This is another life-stage ordering, now including a male-specific label (boy). We maintain natural development while recognizing that “boy” is a sub-label within childhood prior to adolescence.

Given Data / Assumptions:

• Stages: Infant → Child/Boy → Adolescent → Adult.
• We keep “boy” as a phase within/after general childhood but before adolescence.

Concept / Approach:
Place infancy first, then broader childhood, then the gendered label “boy,” then adolescent transition, and finally adulthood. The order preserves age increase and social usage of terms.

Step-by-Step Solution:
1) Infant (c) — earliest stage.2) Child (b) — general childhood.3) Boy (d) — male child label explicitly identified.4) Adolescent (e) — puberty/teen phase.5) Adult (a) — mature stage.

Verification / Alternative check:
Educational contexts often move from infant → child → teen → adult; inserting “boy” under childhood is consistent.

Why Other Options Are Wrong:

• Any order starting with adult or mixing adolescence before child/boy is illogical.
• Sequences that position adult before adolescent violate maturation logic.

Common Pitfalls:
Assuming “boy” equals “adolescent”; the term typically refers to pre-adolescent or early-adolescent male child.

Final Answer:
c, b, d, e, a