Hrdy, Sarah Blaffer,  1946- <br/><br/>
Mother nature :  maternal instincts and how they shape the human species / 
Sarah Blaffer Hrdy. 
 - 1st Ballantine Books ed. 
 - New York :  Ballantine Books,  2000. 
 - xix, 723 p., [4] p. of plates :  ill. (some col.) ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 603-690) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0345408934 :  $18.95 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mother and child.<br/>Motherhood--Psychological aspects.<br/>Natural selection.<br/>Parental behavior in animals.<br/>Working mothers.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HQ759  / .H784 2000 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.874/3