Costly and Cute : Helpless Infants and Human Evolution / / edited by Wenda R. Trevathan and Karen R. Rosenberg

• Pubblicazione: Santa Fe, [New Mexico] ; ; Albuquerque, [New Mexico] : , : School for Advanced Research Press : , : University of New Mexico Press, , 2016; ©2016
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (334 pages) : illustrations, tables
• Disciplina: 618.9202
• Soggetto topico: Parent-Child Relations; Infant, Newborn - growth & development; Biological Evolution; Parent and child; Infants - Growth; Infants - Care
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): RosenbergKaren R.; TrevathanWenda
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The "obstetrical dilemma" unraveled / Holly M. Dunsworth -- Primate birth at the extremes : exploring obstetric and metabolic constraints / Marcia Ponce de León and Christoph P. E. Zollikofer -- Brains, birth, bipedalism and the mosaic evolution of the helpless infant / Jeremy M. DeSilva -- Infancy by design : maternal metabolism, hormonal signals, and the active management of infant growth by human milk / E. A. Quinn -- Baby-the-trendsetter : three evo-devo trends and their expression in Asperger syndrome / Dean Falk -- Plastic and heterogeneous : postnatal developmental changes in the human brain / Katerina Semendeferi and Kari L. Hanson -- Testosterone, fatherhood, and social networks / Lee T. Gettler -- Of marmosets, men, and the transformative power of babies / Sarah Hrdy -- Forget ye not the mother-infant dyad! : within a world of allomothers and maternal agency, do mothers still stand out? / James J. McKenna.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.".
• Titolo autorizzato: Costly and Cute
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910136451803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: School for Advanced Research advanced seminar series.