Mothers and Others: The Evolutionary Origins of Mutual Understanding

by Sarah Blaffer Hrdy

Book Overview

"A brilliant work on a profoundly important subject. The leading scientific authority on motherhood has come through again." --E. O. Wilson

"Thought provoking...An engaging and compelling argument that] requires us to rethink entrenched views about how we came to be human." --Science

Somewhere in Africa, more than a million years ago, a line of apes began to rear their young differently than their Great Ape...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674060326
• ISBN13: 9780674060326
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"