ISBN:
9780826357007
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (371 p)
Series Statement:
School for Advanced Research Advanced Seminar Series
Series Statement:
School for Advanced Research Advanced Seminar Ser.
Parallel Title:
Print version Meehan, Courtney L Childhood : Origins, Evolution, and Implications
DDC:
305.23
Keywords:
Children--Evolution
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
This collection is the first to specifically address our current understanding of the evolution of human childhood, which in turn significantly affects our interpretations of the evolution of family formation, social organization, cultural transmission, cognition, ontogeny, and the physical and socioemotional needs of children
Abstract:
Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- 1: Multiple Perspectives on the Evolution of Childhood / Alyssa N. Crittenden and Courtney L. Meehan -- Social and Cognitive Correlates of Childhood and Human Life History -- 2: Development Plus Social Selection in the Emergence of "Emotionally Modern" Humans / Sarah B. Hrdy -- 3: Childhood, Biocultural Reproduction, and Human Lifetime Reproductive Effort / Barry Bogin, Jared Bragg, and Christopher Kuzawa -- Growth and Development: Defining Childhood
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4: Childhood and Patterns of Growth in the Genus Homo / Jennifer L. Thompson and Andrew J. Nelson -- 5: Hormones and the Evolution of Childhood in Humans and Nonhuman Primates / Robin M. Bernstein -- Ethnographic Approaches to Studying Childhood and Social Learning -- 6: Hunter-Gatherer Infancy and Childhood in the Context of Human Evolution / Melvin Konner -- 7: Children's Foraging and Play among the Hadza: The Evolutionary Significance of "Work Play" / Alyssa N. Crittenden -- 8: Ethnographic Perspectives on Culture Acquisition / David F. Lancy
Abstract:
Childhood in Context: Contemporary Implications of Evolutionary Approaches -- 9: Implications of Lengthy Development and Maternal Life History: Allomaternal Investment, Peer Relationships, and Social Networks / Courtney L. Meehan, Courtney Helfrecht, and Courtney D. Malcom -- 10: Integrating Evolutionary Perspectives into Global Health and Implementation Science / Daniel Sellen -- 11: Conclusion: Emerging Issues in Studies of the Evolution of Childhood / Alyssa N. Crittenden and Courtney L. Meehan -- References -- Contributors -- Index -- Back Cover
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