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Costly and Cute
. Ed(S): Trevathan, Wenda R., Phd; Rosenberg, Karen R.
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Paperback. 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. " Editor(s): Trevathan, Wenda R., PhD; Rosenberg, Karen R. Series: School for Advanced Research Advanced Seminar Series. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 726.
Scholars have long argued that the developmental state of the human infant at birth is unique. This volume expands that argument, pointing out that many distinctively human characteristics can be traced to the fact that we give birth to infants who are highly dependent on others and who learn how to be human while their brains are experiencing growth unlike that seen in other primates. 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."" The authors take a broad ... Read more
Scholars have long argued that the developmental state of the human infant at birth is unique. This volume expands that argument, pointing out that many distinctively human characteristics can be traced to the fact that we give birth to infants who are highly dependent on others and who learn how to be human while their brains are experiencing growth unlike that seen in other primates. 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."" The authors take a broad ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Series
School for Advanced Research Advanced Seminar Series
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Albuquerque, NM, United States
ISBN
9780826357458
SKU
V9780826357458
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About . Ed(S): Trevathan, Wenda R., Phd; Rosenberg, Karen R.
Wenda R. Trevathan is a Regents Professor emerita of anthropology at New Mexico State University, USA. She is also the author of Human Birth: An Evolutionary Perspective and Ancient Bodies, Modern Lives: How Evolution Has Shaped Women's Health. Karen R. Rosenberg is a professor of anthropology at the University of Delaware, USA. She is a paleoanthropologist whose research focuses ... Read more
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