The Woman That Never Evolved
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The Woman That Never Evolved
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Author : Sarah Blaffer Hrdy
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2009-07-01
The Woman That Never Evolved written by Sarah Blaffer Hrdy and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-07-01 with Science categories.
What does it mean to be female? Sarah Blaffer Hrdy--a sociobiologist and a feminist--believes that evolutionary biology can provide some surprising answers. Surprising to those feminists who mistakenly think that biology can only work against women. And surprising to those biologists who incorrectly believe that natural selection operates only on males. In The Woman That Never Evolved we are introduced to our nearest female relatives competitive, independent, sexually assertive primates who have every bit as much at stake in the evolutionary game as their male counterparts do. These females compete among themselves for rank and resources, but will bond together for mutual defense. They risk their lives to protect their young, yet consort with the very male who murdered their offspring when successful reproduction depends upon it. They tolerate other breeding females if food is plentiful, but chase them away when monogamy is the optimal strategy. When "promiscuity" is an advantage, female primates--like their human cousins--exhibit a sexual appetite that ensures a range of breeding partners. From case after case we are led to the conclusion that the sexually passive, noncompetitive, all-nurturing woman of prevailing myth never could have evolved within the primate order. Yet males are almost universally dominant over females in primate species, and Homo sapiens is no exception. As we see from this book, women are in some ways the most oppressed of all female primates. Sarah Blaffer Hrdy is convinced that to redress sexual inequality in human societies, we must first understand its evolutionary origins. We cannot travel back in time to meet our own remote ancestors, but we can study those surrogates we have--the other living primates. If women --and not biology--are to control their own destiny, they must understand the past and, as this book shows us, the biological legacy they have inherited.
The Woman That Never Evolved
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Author : Sarah Blaffer Hrdy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
The Woman That Never Evolved written by Sarah Blaffer Hrdy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with History categories.
The author dispels some of the myths about the nature of females and female sexuality, and suggests new hypotheses aboutthe evolution of women.
The Woman That Never Evolved
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Author : Sarah Blaffer Hrdy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
The Woman That Never Evolved written by Sarah Blaffer Hrdy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with categories.
Mothers And Others
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Author : Sarah Blaffer Hrdy
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2011-04-15
Mothers And Others written by Sarah Blaffer Hrdy and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-15 with Social Science categories.
Mothers and Others finds the key in the primatologically unique length of human childhood. Renowned anthropologist Sarah Hrdy argues that if human babies were to survive in a world of scarce resources, they would need to be cared for, not only by their mothers but also by siblings, aunts, fathers, friends—and, with any luck, grandmothers. Out of this complicated and contingent form of childrearing, Hrdy argues, came the human capacity for understanding others. In essence, mothers and others teach us who will care, and who will not.
Exercised
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Author : Daniel Lieberman
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2021-01-05
Exercised written by Daniel Lieberman and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-05 with Science categories.
If exercise is healthy (so good for you!), why do many people dislike or avoid it? These engaging stories and explanations will revolutionize the way you think about exercising—not to mention sitting, sleeping, sprinting, weight lifting, playing, fighting, walking, jogging, and even dancing. “Strikes a perfect balance of scholarship, wit, and enthusiasm.” —Bill Bryson, New York Times best-selling author of The Body • If we are born to walk and run, why do most of us take it easy whenever possible? • Does running ruin your knees? • Should we do weights, cardio, or high-intensity training? • Is sitting really the new smoking? • Can you lose weight by walking? • And how do we make sense of the conflicting, anxiety-inducing information about rest, physical activity, and exercise with which we are bombarded? In this myth-busting book, Daniel Lieberman, professor of human evolutionary biology at Harvard University and a pioneering researcher on the evolution of human physical activity, tells the story of how we never evolved to exercise—to do voluntary physical activity for the sake of health. Using his own research and experiences throughout the world, Lieberman recounts without jargon how and why humans evolved to walk, run, dig, and do other necessary and rewarding physical activities while avoiding needless exertion. Exercised is entertaining and enlightening but also constructive. As our increasingly sedentary lifestyles have contributed to skyrocketing rates of obesity and diseases such as diabetes, Lieberman audaciously argues that to become more active we need to do more than medicalize and commodify exercise. Drawing on insights from evolutionary biology and anthropology, Lieberman suggests how we can make exercise more enjoyable, rather than shaming and blaming people for avoiding it. He also tackles the question of whether you can exercise too much, even as he explains why exercise can reduce our vulnerability to the diseases mostly likely to make us sick and kill us.
The Langurs Of Abu
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Author : Sarah Blaffer Hrdy
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 1980
The Langurs Of Abu written by Sarah Blaffer Hrdy and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Family & Relationships categories.
Sexual combat is not a monopoly of the human species. As Sarah Blaffer Hrdy argues in this spellbinding book, war between male and female animals has deep roots in evolutionary history. Her account of family life among hanuman langurs--the black-faced, gray monkeys inhabiting much of the Indian subcontinent--is written with force, wit, and at times, sorrow. Male hanumans, in pursuit of genetic success, routinely kill babies sired by their competitors. The mothers of endangered infants counter with various strategems to deceive the males and prevent destruction of their own offspring. Competition and selfishness are dominant themes of langur society. Competition among males for access to females, competition among females for access to food resources, and disregard by one female for the well-being of another's infant--these are some very common examples. Yet there are also moments of heroic self-sacrifice, as when an elderly female rushes to defend her troop and its babies from an invading, infancticidal male. The Langurs of Abu is the first book to analyze behavior of wild primates from the standpoint of both sexes. It is also a poignant and sophisticated exploration of primate behavior patterns from a feminist point of view. This book may inspire controversy; it will certainly be read with pleasure by anyone interested in animal behavior. Richly illustrated with photographs, seven in full color.
Father Time
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Author : Sarah Blaffer Hrdy
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2024-05-14
Father Time written by Sarah Blaffer Hrdy and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-14 with Family & Relationships categories.
"A masterful synthesis of how it came to be that today men are taking care of very young babies given that this is unprecedented in the history of mammals, apes, and humans"--
The Woman
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Author : Ajay Palappan
language : en
Publisher: Ajay Palappan
Release Date : 2020-07-01
The Woman written by Ajay Palappan and has been published by Ajay Palappan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-01 with Art categories.
The book deals with many aspects of life that the women had gone through since the stone age to this date. Several million years ago ape species evolved, finally it took the shape of human being; since then how women and men lived, evolved through ages. How society formed and then civilized?; What are the roles women played in society?; How did injustices, inequalities between woman and man emerged?, what are they?; How do women improve herself? and so many things are inside. Let us jump in to the book. …
The Men We Never Knew
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Author : Daphne Rose Kingma
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 200?
The Men We Never Knew written by Daphne Rose Kingma and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 200? with Man-woman relationships categories.
Lonely Hearts Of The Cosmos
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Author : Dennis Overbye
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2021-12-21
Lonely Hearts Of The Cosmos written by Dennis Overbye and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-21 with Science categories.
Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award: the "intensely exciting" story of a group of brilliant scientists who set out to answer the deepest questions about the origin of the universe and changed the course of physics and astronomy forever (Newsday). In southern California, nearly a half century ago, a small band of researchers — equipped with a new 200-inch telescope and a faith born of scientific optimism — embarked on the greatest intellectual adventure in the history of humankind: the search for the origin and fate of the universe. Their quest would eventually engulf all of physics and astronomy, leading not only to the discovery of quasars, black holes, and shadow matter but also to fame, controversy, and Nobel Prizes. Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos tells the story of the men and women who have taken eternity on their shoulders and stormed nature in search of answers to the deepest questions we know to ask. "Written with such wit and verve that it is hard not to zip through in one sitting." —Washington Post