Parenting for Primates

by Harriet J. Smith

Book Overview

What parent hasn't wondered "What do I do now?" as a baby cries or a teenager glares? Making babies may come naturally, but knowing how to raise them doesn't. As primatologist-turned-psychologist Harriet J. Smith shows in this lively safari through the world of primates, parenting by primates isn't instinctive, and that's just as true for monkeys and apes as it is for humans.

In this natural history of primate parenting, Smith compares parenting...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674019385
• ISBN13: 9780674019386
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 450 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.8" x 8.5"