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Author:

Hrdy, Sarah Blaffer, 1946-

Title:

Mother nature : maternal instincts and how they shape the human species / Sarah Blaffer Hrdy.

Edition:

1st Ballantine Books ed.

Publisher:

Ballantine Books,

Copyright Date:

2000

Description:

xix, 723 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Mother and child.
Motherhood--Psychological aspects.
Natural selection.
Parental behavior in animals.
Working mothers.
Mère et enfant.
Maternité--Aspect psychologique.
Sélection naturelle.
Comportement parental chez les animaux.

Notes:

Winner of the 2001 Howells Prize for: Outstanding Book in Biological Anthropology Includes bibliographical references (p. 603-690) and index.

Contents:

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 -- Of human bondage -- Alternate paths of development -- Devising better lullabies.

ISBN:

9780345408938
0345408934

LCCN:

00105737

Locations:

OQAX737 -- Iowa Western Community College - Edith Lisle Library (Clarinda)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Des Moines)

OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

OPAX566 -- Southeastern Community College - Keokuk - Fred Karre Memorial Library (Keokuk) — 306.8743 H873m

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

VSSX062 -- Vinton-Shellsburg CSD (Vinton)