Mothers and others : the evolutionary origins of mutual understanding /

Somewhere in Africa, more than a million years ago, a line of ape began to rear their young differently than their Great Ape ancestors. From this form of care came new ways of engaging and understanding each other. How such singular human capacities evolved, and how they have kept us alive for gener...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hrdy, Sarah Blaffer, 1946- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2011.
Edición:First Harvard University Press pbk. edition.
Temas:
Mother and child.
Parental behavior in animals.
Child rearing > Psychological aspects.
Behavior evolution.
Animal behavior.
Evolution (Biology)
Mother-Child Relations
Behavior, Animal
Child Rearing > psychology
Biological Evolution
Hominidae > psychology
Social Behavior
Mère et enfant.
Comportement parental chez les animaux.
Éducation des enfants > Aspect psychologique.
Évolution du comportement.
Animaux > Mœurs et comportement.
Évolution (Biologie)
evolution.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Life Stages > General.
PSYCHOLOGY > Developmental > General.
PSYCHOLOGY > Developmental > Lifespan Development.
PSYCHOLOGY > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Animal behavior
Behavior evolution
Child rearing > Psychological aspects
Mother and child
Parental behavior in animals
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Apes on a plane
  • Why us and not them?
  • Why it takes a village
  • Novel developments
  • Will the real pleistocene family please step forward?
  • Meet the alloparents
  • Babies as sensory traps
  • Grandmothers among others
  • Childhood and the descent of man.

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