Dads are everywhere in our society. They are fundamental to many families and make excellent fodder for humor—I love Dad jokes. But becoming a biological...
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Sweeping across millennia and across vertebrates, Sarah Hrdy's new book, Father Time, makes the case that men make wonderful parents.
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Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, professor emerita of anthropology and a member of the National Academy of Sciences, has been selected to receive the academy's 2014 Award...
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At the end of the 1970s, infanticide became a flashpoint in animal behavioral science. Sociobiologist Sarah Hrdy, then a Harvard Ph.D.
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A woman with her grandchildren, in Bhutan. Photo: Asian Development Bank/Flickr, CC BY NC ND 2.0. The American primatologist Sarah Blaffer...
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Human societies weren't always male-dominated. The switch came when we became farmers – and that suggests ways to roll back towards a more...
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From ancient survival tactics to modern mental health, human connection is vital. Here's how small acts of kindness can make a big...
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The “how” of menopause is well understood; it is brought on by a dramatic reduction in endocrine hormones, notably estrogen.
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Some chimpanzees may go through menopause, researchers reported this week. The finding suggests the capacity to live beyond one's reproductive years could be...
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“Usually you start a lecture with a joke,” says anthropologist and primatologist Sarah Hrdy, “But there are no infanticide jokes.
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