A natural history of families / Scott Forbes.

By:

Forbes, Scott, 1958- [author.]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0691094829
9780691094823

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

306.87 22

LOC classification:

QP251 .F644 2005

Contents:

Ch. 1. Blame parents -- Ch. 2. The optimistic parent -- Ch. 3. Why parents play favorites -- Ch. 4. How parents play favorites -- Ch. 5. Family conflict -- Ch. 6. Selfishness unconstrained -- Ch. 7. Screening for offspring quality -- Ch. 8. Why twins? -- Ch. 9. Fatal sibling rivalry -- Ch. 10. Family harmony -- Ch. 11. Cannibalism and infanticide -- Ch. 12. Brave new worlds -- Ch. 13. Debunking the family myth.

Review: "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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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	City Campus City Campus Main Collection	306.87 FOR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		A403615B

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-228) and index.

"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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