A Natural History of Parenting: A Naturalist Looks at Parenting in the Animal World and Ours " In A Natural History of Parenting,Susan Allport, a naturalist and science writer, explores the exciting and often startling dynamics of maternal and paternal behavior among the species. An
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| Title | : | A Natural History of Parenting: A Naturalist Looks at Parenting in the Animal World and Ours |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.74 (110 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0609801821 |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 238 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
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"We humans parent our young longer than any other animal on earth. For us, parenting is such an essential part of reproduction that we tend to think of parenting as an essential part of all reproduction. Most creatures living on the earth today do not bother with such things at all. Beyond producing good-sized eggs and finding, perhaps, a suitable spot to lay them, most animal parents never give their young any kind of care. They never even see their young. And were they to see them, they would be much more inclined to eat them than to offer them food, protection, or guidance."
In A Natural History of Parenting,Susan Allport, a naturalist and science writer, explores the exciting and often startling dynamics of maternal and paternal behavior among the species.
When one of the ewes Allport was raising refused to mother her new lamb, she was forced to reconsider many of her preconceptions about the world of parenting. She began to explore the ro
Editorial : About the Author
SUSAN ALLPORT is a writer specializing in history and science. Her books include Sermons in Stone: The Stone Walls of New England and Explorers of the Black Box: The Search for Cellular Basis of Memory. Allport obtained her M.S. in biology from Tulane University. She lives with her husband and two children in Katonah, New York.
From the Hardcover edition.
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