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1 online resource (334) |
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School for Advanced Research advanced seminar series |
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School for Advanced Research advanced seminar series.
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| Contents |
Front Cover; SAR Series Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; 1: Human Evolution and the Helpless Infant / Wenda R. Trevathan and Karen R. Rosenberg; 2: The Obstetrical Dilemma Unraveled / Holly M. Dunsworth; 3: Primate Birth at the Extremes: Exploring Obstetric and Metabolic Constraints / Marcia Ponce de León and Christoph P.E. Zollikofer; 4: Brains, Birth, Bipedalism, and the Mosaic Evolution of the Helpless Human Infant / Jeremy M. DeSilva |
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5: Infancy by Design: Maternal Metabolism, Hormonal Signals, and the Active Management of Infant Growth by Human Milk / E.A. Quinn6: Baby the Trendsetter: Three Evo-Devo Trends and Their Expressionin Asperger Syndrome / Dean Falk; 7: Plastic and Heterogeneous: Postnatal Developmental Changes in the Human Brain / Katerina Semendeferi and Kari L. Hanson; 8: Testosterone, Fatherhood, and Social Networks / Lee T. Gettler; 9: Of Marmosets, Men, and the Transformative Power of Babies / Sarah B. Hrdy |
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10: Forget Ye Not the Mother-Infant Dyad!: In a World of Allomothers and Maternal Agency, Do Mothers Still Stand Out? / James J. McKennaBibliography; Contributors; Index; Back Cover |
| Summary |
The contributors to this volume propose that the "helpless infant" has played a role in human evolution equal in importance to those of "man the hunter" and "woman the gatherer." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-309) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Infants -- Care.
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Infants -- Growth.
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Parent and child.
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Evolution (Biology)
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Biological Evolution
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Infant, Newborn -- growth & development
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Parent-Child Relations
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Infant Care
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evolution.
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MEDICAL -- Gynecology & Obstetrics.
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Evolution (Biology)
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Infants -- Care
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Infants -- Growth
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Parent and child
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0826357466 |
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9780826357465 |
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