Mother nature : maternal instincts and how they shape the human species / Sarah Blaffer Hrdy.
Publication details: New York : Ballantine Books, 2000.Edition: 1st Ballantine Books edDescription: xix, 723 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN:- 0345408934 :
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- HQ759 .H784 2000
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 603-690) and index.
Motherhood as a minefield -- A new view of mothers -- Underlying mysteries of development -- Unimaginable variation -- The variable environments of evolutionary relevance -- The Milky Way -- From here to maternity -- Family planning primate-style -- Three men and a baby -- The optimal number of fathers -- Who cared? -- Unnatural mothers -- Daughters or sons? It all depends -- Old tradeoffs, new contexts -- Born to attach -- Meeting the eyes of love -- "Secure from what?" or "Secure from whom?" -- Empowering the embryo -- Why be adorable? -- How to be "an infant worth rearing" -- A matter of fat -- On human bondage -- Alternate paths of development -- Devising better lullabies.
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