Mothers and Others - The Evolutionary Origins of Mutual Understanding

Informationen zum Autor Sarah Blaffer Hrdy is Professor Emerita of Anthropology at the University of California, Davis. Klappentext Sarah Hrdy argues that if human babies were to survive in a world of scarce resources, they would need to be cared for, not only by their mothers but also by siblings, aunts, fathers, friends-and, with any luck, grandmothers. Out of this complicated and contingent form of childrearing, says Hrdy, came the human capacity for understanding others. Zusammenfassung Sarah Hrdy argues that if human babies were to survive in a world of scarce resources, they would need to be cared for, not only by their mothers but also by siblings, aunts, fathers, friends—and, with any luck, grandmothers. Out of this complicated and contingent form of childrearing, says Hrdy, came the human capacity for understanding others.

Product details

• Authors: Sarah Blaffer Hrdy
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2011
• EAN: 9780674060326
• ISBN: 978-0-674-06032-6
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 236 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Psychology of ageing, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Social and cultural anthropology, Sociology & anthropology