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I'm not sure the answer is so obvious.
For example, baby pinguins and other birds can be very cute; baby lizards usually aren't. I think the theory goes that we've evolved from something that looks somewhat lizardy, but definitely not like a bird.
I rest my case.
I just knew someone would come up with something like this :-) indeed it looks cute. One could take it even a step further; look at the weird but cute-looking space aliens in this Moby video.
This actually supports the notion that cuteness is not necessarily proportional to the likeliness to humans or to our ancestors.