The descent of the child : human evolution from a new perspective
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The descent of the child : human evolution from a new perspective
Penguin, 1996
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Originally published: London: Souvenir, 1994
Includes bibliographies and index
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This is a new look at human evolution, from the perspective of the child. Children have long been seen, from an evolutionary standpoint, as a developmental stage in the route to adulthood, and their behaviour only as preparation for adult life. The book argues that both the foetus and the young child have their own evolutionary interests, often competing with their parents, and manipulating them for their own interests to great effect. Following the development of a newborn child from zygote to birth and after, the book is a look at how children have evolved from ape to human. It throws new light on our origins and offers a biological critique of urgent contemporary issues, such as family structure, abortion, infertility, over-population and feminism.
Table of Contents
- Is sex really necessary?
- sowing the seed
- one at a time
- the revolt of the zygote
- the slow breeders
- the embryo
- the first four months
- the naked ape
- the sex organs
- brain growth - the problem, the solution
- preparing to come out
- birth
- the wanted
- the unwanted
- the new-born
- interacting
- parenting
- before language
- talking
- walking
- the peer group
- light on the past
- the family
- the new child.
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