Mother Nature: Maternal Instincts and How They Shape the Human Species
by Sarah Blaffer Hrdy
Rating
LanguageEN
Total Pages752 pages
ISBN
9780345408938
Published
1999
Description
Maternal instinct--the all-consuming, utterly selfless love that mothers lavish on their children--has long been assumed to be an innate, indeed defining element of a woman's nature. But is it? In this provocative, groun...Maternal instinct--the all-consuming, utterly selfless love that mothers lavish on their children--has long been assumed to be an innate, indeed defining element of a woman's nature. But is it? In this provocative, groundbreaking book, renowned anthropologist (and mother) Sarah Blaffer Hrdy shares a radical new vision of motherhood and its crucial role in human evolution.
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