Mothers and Others

The Evolutionary Origins of Mutual Understanding

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Psychology, Child & Adolescent, Child Development, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology
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Author: Sarah Blaffer Hrdy ISBN: 9780674659957
Publisher: Harvard University Press Publication: April 15, 2011
Imprint: Harvard University Press Language: English
Author: Sarah Blaffer Hrdy
ISBN: 9780674659957
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication: April 15, 2011
Imprint: Harvard University Press
Language: English

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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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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