Mothers and Others

Mothers and Others
ISBN-10
0674659953
ISBN-13
9780674659957
Category
Social Science
Pages
432
Language
English
Published
2011-04-15
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Author
Sarah Blaffer Hrdy

Description

Mothers and Others finds the key in the primatologically unique length of human childhood. Renowned anthropologist 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, Hrdy argues, came the human capacity for understanding others. In essence, mothers and others teach us who will care, and who will not.

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