A natural history of families / Scott Forbes.
"Why do baby sharks, hyenas, and pelicans kill their siblings? Why do beetles and mice commit infanticide? Why are twins and birth defects more common in older human mothers? A Natural History of Families concisely examines what behavioral ecologists have discovered about family dynamics and wh...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
[2005]
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| Summary: | "Why do baby sharks, hyenas, and pelicans kill their siblings? Why do beetles and mice commit infanticide? Why are twins and birth defects more common in older human mothers? A Natural History of Families concisely examines what behavioral ecologists have discovered about family dynamics and what these insights might tell us about human biology and behavior. Scott Forbes's engaging account describes an uneasy union among family members in which rivalry for resources often has dramatic and even fatal consequences."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 231 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-228) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0691094829 9780691094823 |