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Mothers and Others

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by Sarah Blaffer Hrdy


  Mental Development Index, 104

  Mentoring, 103–104, 136, 183–184

  Merkin, Daphne, 273, 285

  Metaplot, 130–131

  Mexico, 26

  Mice, 38–39, 70, 162, 177–178, 181

  Middle Stone Age, 26

  Mind reading, 2–4, 7, 10–11, 29–30, 53, 62, 66–67, 115, 138, 175, 230, 292; and cooperation, 29, 37, 279–280, 286; by mothers, 41–45, 283; by infants, 47, 57, 131, 135–137, 139, 231. See also Empathy

  Mind-reading-mums hypothesis, 41–45

  Mirror neurons, 47–48, 50, 52, 59

  Misplaced-parental-care hypothesis, 199–202, 207, 211–213, 228

  Mitani, John, 279

  Mitered leaf monkeys, 222

  Mole rats, 182, 185–186, 191–193, 207, 255, 276

  Mongooses, 93, 179, 194

  Monkeys. See individual species

  Monogamy, 92, 145–148, 154, 246, 249

  Montagnais, 153

  Moore, Keith, 48–49, 57

  Moremi reserve, 250, 253

  Morocco, 5

  Mortality. See Children, mortality rates; Infants, mortality rates

  Motherese, 112, 119, 123, 126

  Mothers: breastfeeding by, 39–40, 72–73, 75–78, 80, 92, 98, 104, 126, 135, 160, 169, 172, 178, 180–181, 204, 206, 213, 226, 259–260, 279; care of newborns, 39–41, 68–72; postpartum period, 39–40, 73, 78–79, 99, 120, 212, 236–238, 280, 283; sensitivity of, 39, 42–43, 62, 71, 103, 119, 212, 220; mind reading by, 41–45, 283; chimpanzee, 43–44, 53–56, 68–70, 91, 101, 112–114, 120, 138, 216, 234–235; and alloparents, 66–67, 75, 103–109, 132; central role of, 68–73, 112; and continuous care and contact, 68–70, 74, 83–85, 91, 113–114, 118, 123–124; emotional needs of, 68, 79, 140; allowing others near newborns, 73–79; possessiveness of, 73, 233–237; as focus of attachment theory, 82–85, 111, 113–116, 118–119, 124, 126, 128–130; in survey of primate caring, 87–102; teenage, 103; unmarried, 103, 105; commitment by, 104, 112–114, 118–120, 139, 283–286, 290; vocalizations of, 112, 123, 126; surrogate, 115, 118; co-mothers, 204, 238

  Mouse lemurs, 86–87

  Moustached tamarins, 96

  Mulcahy, Nicholas, 8

  Murdock, George Peter, 244–245; Ethnographic Atlas, 240

  Muriquis, 87, 123, 227–228

  Mutual cooperation, 6

  Mutual gazing, 48–50, 52–54, 60

  Mutual understanding, 2, 4, 11, 28

  Myowa, Masako, 57–58

  Nakamichi, Masayuki, 236–237

  Namibia, 12–14, 50

  Naskapi, 153, 157

  Natal coats, 220, 222–225, 227

  National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 125–126

  Native North Americans. See specific groups

  Natural selection. See Evolution, natural selection

  Nature (journal), 191

  Nature Genetics (journal), 256

  Nayaka, 133–134

  Nelson, Mike, 89

  Neocortex, 6, 40–41, 46, 78, 116

  Neolithic period, 19–20, 27, 206, 249, 269, 288, 292

  Nesse, Randy, 133

  Netherlands, 128–129, 132

  Neuroendocrinology, 32, 214

  Neurophysiology, 4, 6–7, 25, 47–48, 168, 213–215, 220, 230, 233, 236–238

  Nevarez, Pedro, 167

  Newborns. See Infants

  New Caledonian crow, 198

  Newfoundland, 169–170

  New Guinea, 12, 19, 24, 72, 153, 217

  New Stone Age. See Neolithic period

  Newsweek, 148

  New York Times, 167

  New Zealand, 12

  Ngandu, 134–135

  Night monkeys, 86, 88, 91–92, 161

  Nisa (!Kung woman), 165, 260

  Nishida, Toshisada, 279

  Norway, 150

  Nuclear families, 144–148, 166, 239

  Nuptial gifts, 25

  Nurturing impulses, 40, 98, 159, 173, 237, 290

  Nut-cracking skills, 8, 43–44, 77, 256, 269

  O’Connell, James, 106, 149, 241, 255, 278

  Olds, David, 104

  Old Stone Age. See Paleolithic period

  Olive baboon, 172

  Ongee, 78, 151

  Opioids, 213

  Orangutans, 8–9, 23, 33, 43, 51, 62, 68–70, 72, 86, 101, 112, 114, 137–138, 160, 225, 249, 275

  Orcas, 267

  Ornithology, 179, 182–183, 189, 197, 199–200

  Orti, Guillermo, 93–94

  Ovulation, 95, 206, 249, 287

  Oxford University, 220

  Oxytocin, 40, 212–213, 215, 237–238

  Pain, 38, 192

  Paleoanthropology, 148

  Paleolithic period, 16, 18, 20–21, 239, 247, 268, 281, 292

  Paleontology, 18, 32–33, 66, 148, 230, 278

  Pan genus, 21–23

  Paper wasps, 176, 190–191, 202–203

  Papousek, Hanus, 53

  Papua New Guinea, 24, 153, 217

  Paraguay, 154

  Parasitization, 200–201, 228

  Parental care. See Alloparents; Fathers; Mothers; Postreproductive women

  Partible paternity, 155–156

  Patas monkeys, 37, 84, 90

  Paternal grandmothers, 261–264

  Paternity, 88, 93–94, 145, 155–159, 162, 168, 188, 265, 287

  Patriarchs hypothesis, 267

  Patriarchy, 153, 239, 262–265, 267, 287–288

  Patrick, William: Loneliness, 286

  Patrilineal kin, 16, 155, 157, 239, 245, 247–249, 263–265, 271, 287

  Patrilocal kin, 164, 239–240, 244–247, 263, 279

  Paul, Andreas, 258

  Peabody Museum, 13, 127, 137, 242, 269, 274

  Perales, R., 5

  Perner, Josef, 135

  Peru, 154, 166, 259

  Pets, 221

  Philippines, 78

  Philopatry, 195–199, 202, 240, 243

  Physical anthropology, 240

  Physical contact. See Tactile contact

  Pictographs, 66, 281

  Pigeons, 169

  Pigtail macaques, 237

  Pilot whales, 267

  Pilu Pilu, 12

  Placentophagia, 69, 99, 162, 215–217

  Planning ahead, 8–9, 46, 171–172, 175

  Pleistocene epoch, 246, 287–288, 292; climate fluctuations, 5, 19, 230; African foragers comparable to, 13, 73, 109, 112, 199, 273–274; childrearing in, 18, 31, 67, 109, 113, 166, 179, 238, 268, 286; no evidence of warfare, 19–20, 28; family life in, 32, 148, 166, 174, 239; development of communication, 123, 249; development of emotions, 138, 290; shared care in, 175–176, 238; cooperative breeding in, 277–280; development of intersubjectivity, 280–281

  Pliocene epoch, 148, 230, 255

  Polyandry, 154–155, 157, 249, 272

  Polygyny, 154, 245–246, 249

  Polynesia, 153

  Pomo, 245

  Population growth, 16, 18–19, 27–29, 205, 247, 264, 287–288, 292

  Possessiveness, maternal, 73, 233–237

  Postpartum period, 39–40, 73, 78–79, 99, 120, 212, 236–238, 280, 283

  Postreproductive women: evolutionary role of, 106, 109, 252; longevity of, 194, 241–243, 250, 254–255, 257, 267–268, 275–276; eventual decrepitude of, 241, 270; altruism of, 250–254, 259, 267; maternal versus paternal grandmothers, 261–264. See also Alloparents; Grandmothers

  Posturing, 137

  Potlatch ceremonies, 12

  Prairie dogs, 70, 93

  Prairie voles, 238

  Predation, 19, 31, 82, 84, 89, 117, 134–135, 179, 192, 201, 224, 290

  Pregnancy, 39, 71, 152, 169–172, 193–194, 212, 214, 262, 279

  Prereproductive women, 75, 124, 217–219, 269, 274

  Prevention Research Center for Family and Child Health, 104

  Primate Research Institute, 54

  Primates (journal), 227

  Primatology, 8–9, 32, 34–35, 45, 58, 70, 84, 96, 114, 177
, 235–236, 243, 258

  Prisoner’s Dilemma (game), 4–5

  Problem solving, 8, 45, 57, 198

  Proboscis monkeys, 86, 222

  Prolactin, 40, 98, 169–170, 172, 213

  Property, 246–247, 266, 287

  Prosocial attributes, 6–7, 11, 20, 28, 53, 60, 96, 275, 283, 286, 292–293

  Protection, 18, 31, 140, 151–152, 159–161, 179, 187, 290

  Provisioning, 20–22, 230; of infants, 18, 31, 92, 95–97, 99, 102, 109, 122, 140, 151–152, 158, 160–163, 166, 177–188, 198–199, 203, 220, 273, 275, 277, 279, 290; as component of cooperative breeding, 25, 122, 199, 207, 275, 277; by alloparents, 59, 79–82, 92, 95–97, 99, 102, 158, 178, 203, 273, 275, 277, 279; role of fathers, 148–149, 151–152, 160–163, 178; critical importance of sharing food, 180–184; and eusociality, 184–188. See also Food; Food sharing

  Pseudopregnancy, 181, 206, 210

  Psychiatry, 33–34, 36, 42, 62, 73, 82, 111, 115, 133, 285

  Psychobiology, 172

  Psychological anthropology, 131

  Psychological implications of shared care, 140–141

  Psychology, 2, 6, 9, 15, 30, 34, 42, 51, 53–54, 58, 60–62, 82, 96, 103–104, 112, 116, 120, 125–126, 128–129, 133–135, 169–170, 271, 282, 284, 289–290; cognitive, 2, 32, 138; evolutionary, 7, 19–20, 240, 271; comparative, 8, 52; clinical, 48; developmental, 48, 51, 82–83, 113–114, 281, 285, 289; child, 111, 285

  Puberty, 31, 274, 287

  Purple-faced leaf monkeys, 91

  Putnam, Robert: Bowling Alone, 286

  Pygmy chimpanzees. See Bonobos

  Pygmy marmosets, 122

  Queens (insects), 185–187, 190–191, 202–203, 276

  Queller, David, 190

  Rage, 3

  Rapaport, Lisa, 96

  Rationality, 5, 7

  Ratnieks, L. W., 207

  Rats, 213

  Rattlesnakes, 39

  Reciprocity, 6, 15–16, 24, 45, 97, 204, 293

  Red colobus monkeys, 3, 90–91

  Reddy, Vasudevi, 282

  Red foxes, 181

  Reeve, Hudson, 191

  Regard for others, 11, 35–36

  Regurgitated food, 182, 185

  Reproductive skew, 184–185, 204–206, 264

  Reproductive success, 43, 99, 105–107, 109, 184, 187, 248–250, 254, 259, 261–262

  Reptiles. See individual genera and species

  Reputations, 14, 19, 35, 45, 97, 117, 152

  Residence patterns, 238–250, 254, 279, 287

  Responsiveness, innate, 212–215, 219, 229–231

  Rewards, 6, 8, 35–36, 212–213, 220

  Rhesus macaques, 45, 58, 68–69, 84, 90, 213, 218, 220, 237

  Ritual sex, 156

  Rome, ancient, 205

  Ross, Corinna, 93–94

  Rowe, Noel, 223; Pictorial Guide to the Living Primates, 86

  Ruffed lemurs, 86–87, 275

  Russia, 205

  Sagi, Abraham, 129–131

  Sakis, 86

  Samoa, 12

  San Diego Zoo, 236

  San speakers, 12, 24, 66, 75, 167

  Savanna baboons, 41–42, 69, 90, 158, 172, 197, 217–220, 250–251, 255

  Sawyer, Gary, 284

  Scelza, Brooke, 245

  Schiefenhövel, Wulf, 258

  Scholmerich, Axel, 134

  Science, 8, 49

  Scorpions, 184, 282

  Scrub jays, 169, 176–177, 198

  Sear, Rebecca, 107–108, 259, 265, 267

  Self, sense of, 59, 133, 135, 138–139

  Selflessness. See Altruism

  Self-regard, 35–36, 97

  Semyen foxes, 181

  Senegal, 259

  Senses, acute, 39

  Sensitivity, 97, 136, 217, 267, 271, 275; of mothers, 39, 42–43, 62, 71, 103, 119, 212, 220; of infants, 40, 112, 117–118

  Separations, 40, 114, 117–118, 121–122, 275, 285

  Serotonin, 119, 237

  Sex: “wrong,” 70–72; ritual, 156. See also Mating

  Sex contract, 147–150, 173, 239

  Sex roles, 41–42

  Sexual jealousy, 155, 157

  Shame, 117, 282–283

  Shared care, 21–22, 75, 85, 113, 124, 131, 176, 184, 204, 233, 277, 294; as component of cooperative breeding, 25, 92–99, 105, 122, 199, 207, 228, 275, 277; dangers of, 99–101; demographic implications of, 101–102; psychological implications of, 140–141; evolution of, 202, 207, 230–231, 279–280; and residence patterns, 238–240

  Sharing, 2, 4, 7, 9, 35–37, 65, 67, 130, 133, 137, 149, 152, 175, 257, 272, 280, 285, 293; essential to survival, 11–16, 18–21; and giving impulses, 23–26; food, 23, 25, 35, 79–81, 92, 116, 180–181, 202, 207, 238, 256, 275, 278–279, 283; infant, 76–79, 84, 91, 117, 220, 222, 225, 238–239, 246, 250

  Shelter building, 10

  Sherman, Paul, 184–185, 264

  Shostak, Marjorie, 74

  Siberia, 12, 256

  Siblings, 60–61, 76, 79, 90, 93–94, 105–108, 112, 133–136, 138, 153, 156, 166, 186, 228, 260, 265, 268–269

  Sifakas, 86

  Signaling, 37–40, 42, 52, 71, 117, 220, 230, 267

  Silk, Joan, 35–36, 97

  Silver-backed jackals, 181

  Silver leaf monkeys, 91, 222

  Single-parent families, 145, 150

  Siriono, 153

  Slavery, 27, 248

  Sleeping, 53, 55, 130–131

  Smiling, 55, 60–61, 76, 112, 154

  Smith, Adam, 1

  Snowdon, Chuck, 122–123

  Social competition, 46, 62

  Social development, 131

  Social intelligence hypothesis, 45–47

  Social stratification, 27–28, 148, 204–205, 247, 287

  Social support, 72, 103–104, 140, 166, 253, 283

  Social work, 103

  Sociobiology, 3, 5, 30, 32, 82, 105, 176–177, 240, 243, 258

  Sociology, 145

  Sol (langur), 251–253

  Sooty mangabeys, 250

  South Africa, 193

  South American foragers. See specific groups

  Spain, 5, 18, 205

  Sparks, Corey, 268

  Spatial cognition, 8–9

  Spatial memory, 34

  Sperm competition, 248–249

  Spider monkeys, 86–87

  Spinoza, Baruch, 6

  Squirrel monkeys, 86

  Squid, 39

  Staring, 51, 121

  Starlings, 189

  Starvation, 14, 19, 31, 43, 90, 102, 179, 273, 290

  Status, 11, 20, 45–47, 117, 137

  Stepfathers, 152, 165

  Sterility, 206–207

  Stern, Daniel, 62, 81

  Steroids, 99

  Stinginess, 20, 97, 137, 204

  Stone Age, 10. See also Middle Stone Age; Neolithic period; Paleolithic period

  Storey, Anne, 169, 173

  Strangers, 3–4, 10, 12, 21–22, 27, 133–135, 233–235

  Strategic flexibility, 165–167

  Stress, 119, 131, 260–261

  Substitute caregivers, 118

  Sugiyama, Lawrence, 166

  Sumatra, 222

  Summers, Lawrence, 191

  Superb fairy wrens, 188–190, 202

  Superb starlings, 189

  Superorganisms, 179–180

  Supportive interventions, 104

  Supreme Court, U.S., 146

  Surrogate mothers, 115, 118

  Suttee, 265, 288

  Swaziland, 150

  Symbolic thinking, 66, 280–282, 294

  Taborsky, Michael, 192–193

  Tactile contact, 84, 112, 114–115, 118–122, 235, 285–286

  Takana, 154

  Tamarins, 51, 86, 140, 176, 214, 222–224; cooperative breeding in, 92–93, 95–100, 122

  Tanzania, 35, 106–107, 149

  Tarsiers, 86

  Taylor, Shelley: The Tending Instinct, 286

  Teenage mothers, 103

  Teet
hing, 122

  Termites, 185, 187–188, 276

  Territory, 189, 192–193

  Testosterone, 169–172

  Theory of mind, 2, 30, 42, 45, 50, 66, 136, 139, 280

  Thornton, Alex, 184

  Tierra del Fuego, 12

  Titi monkeys, 86, 88–89, 91–92, 117, 161–162

  Tolerance, 22–23, 78–79, 92, 95–96, 279–280

  Tomasello, Michael, 9–11, 29, 52, 116, 280–281

  Tonkean macaques, 237

  Tools, 8, 28, 44, 57, 66, 172, 198, 249, 255

  Trevarthen, Wenda, 40

  Triassic period, 39

  Trichromacy, 224

  Trinidad, 106–107, 261

  Trobriand Islanders, 12, 24, 78, 139, 141, 258–259

  Tronick, Ed, 115

  Trust, 16, 79, 87, 133–134, 179, 289, 292

  Tsimane, 257

  Tsimshian, 12

  Tubers, 255–256, 269, 278

  Turke, Paul, 105, 107

  Turkeys, 51

  Turner, Sarah, 70

  Twins, 60–61, 93–94, 133, 156

  Uakaris, 86

  Uganda, 124, 235

  Ultrasocial attributes, 10

  Uncles, 80, 108, 165

  Unilineal kin, 16

  United States, 125, 128, 134–135, 144–145, 150, 229, 288

  University of British Columbia, 15

  University of California–Davis, 89

  University of Colorado, 104

  University of Illinois, 202

  University of Kyoto, 54–55, 61

  University of Stirling, 94

  University of Virginia, 60

  University of Wisconsin, 96

  Unmarried mothers, 103, 150

  Uxorilocal kin, 244

  Van IJzendoorn, Marinus, 129–131

  Van Schaik, Carel, 70

  Van Lawick, Hugo, 234

  Venezuela, 24, 150, 154

  Vervet monkeys, 37, 84, 86, 253

  Violence, 3–4, 11, 19–21, 26–28

  Vocalizations, 6, 22, 40–41, 60–61, 76, 88, 112–113, 115, 119, 121–124, 214. See also Language

  Voland, Eckart, 262

  Voles, 169, 215, 238

  Vonnegut, Kurt, 65

  Warfare, 19–20, 27–28, 30, 118, 247

  Wasps, 176, 185–186, 190–191, 202–203

  Watson, John, 82–83

  Wayano, 154

  Weaning, 31, 43, 67, 95, 102, 116, 178, 182–183, 259–260, 273, 275, 280, 283. See also Lactation

  Welty, Joel Carl: The Life of Birds, 201

  West Eberhard, Mary Jane, 190, 203

  Wet nurses, 181, 194, 206

  Whales, 196, 267, 276

  Whiten, Andrew, 45

  White-winged choughs, 179, 191, 195

  Wied’s black tufted-ear marmosets, 93

  Wiessner, Polly, 12–15, 23, 30, 266, 272

  Williams, George, 242–243

  Wilson, E. O., 175, 179–180; Sociobiology, 177

  Winn, Steve, 80

  Winnicott, David, 111

  Wolves, 59, 80, 134, 176, 179, 181, 194

 

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