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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York Ballantine Books 2000Edition: 1st Ballantine Books edDescription: xix, 723 p., [4] p. of plates ill. (some col.) 24 cmISBN:
  • 0-345-40893-4
  • 978-0-345-40893-8
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.874/3 21
Other classification:
  • Oac
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
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Bok Almedalsbiblioteket Vuxen Uea Available 80049233143
Total holds: 0

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

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