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1 online resource (293 pages) |
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Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction to the Paperback Edition; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVES ON HUMAN BIRTH AND BONDING: THE BACKGROUND; Sex; Viviparity; The Hemochorial Placenta; Gestation Length; Bipedalism and Parturition; Lactation; Intensification of Parental Care; Summary; 2 ISSUES RELATING TO THE CURRENT STUDY: THE BIRTH CENTER, MIDWIVES, MOTHERS, AND METHODS; Anthropological Interest in Birth and Bonding; The Setting: El Paso and The Birth Center; Midwives; The Mothers; Methodology |
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Ontogenetic and Proximate Factors Influencing Maternal Behavior at Birth and Immediately PostpartumSummary; 3 THE PROCESS OF PARTURITION; Physiology and Biochemistry of Labor and Delivery in Human Beings; Behaviors Associated with Parturition; Comparisons of Births in Human and Nonhuman Primates; Summary; 4 THE NEWBORN INFANT; The Neonatal Brain; Infant State; Neonatal Behavior; Variation in Neonatal Behavior; Exterogestation; Summary; 5 MOTHER-INFANT INTERACTION IMMEDIATELY AFTER BIRTH; Tactile Interaction; Left-Lateral Preference; Visual Communication; Auditory Communication; Entrainment |
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NursingOdor; Ethograms of Maternal Behavior Immediately after Birth; Summary; 6 MOTHER-INFANT BONDING AT BIRTH; Mother-Infant Bonding in Nonhuman Mammals; Bonding in Human Mothers and Infants; An Evolutionary Perspective on the First Hour after Birth; 7 AN EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE ON HUMAN BIRTH AND BONDING: CONCLUSIONS; Readjustments in Birth and the Mother-Infant Bond Throughout Human Evolution; Birth and Bonding in a Wider Context; Appendix A Translation of Spanish Dialogues; Bibliography; Index |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Evolution (Biology)
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Evolution (Biology)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Trevathan, Wenda R
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| ISBN |
9781351514590 |
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1351514598 |
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