Human Birth: An Evolutionary Perspective

by Wenda Trevathan

Book Overview

The story of human evolution has been told hundreds of times, each time with a focus that seems most informative of the teller. No matter how it is told the primary characters are rarely mothers and infants. Darwin argued survival, but today we know that reproduction is what evolution is all about. Centering on this, Trevathan focuses on birth, which gives the study of human evolution a crucial new dimension.

Unique among mammals, humans...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1412815029
• ISBN13: 9781412815024
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"