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Mother nature : a history of mothers, infants, and natural selection / Sarah Blaffer Hrdy.
Record details
- ISBN: 0679442650
- Physical Description: xix, 723 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Pantheon Books, c1999.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 603-690) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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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Subject: | Mother and child. Motherhood > Psychological aspects. Natural selection. Parental behavior in animals. Working mothers. |