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The descent of the child : human evolution from a new perspective / Elaine Morgan.

By: Morgan, Elaine, 1920-2013.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Penguin, 1994Description: x, 197 p. ; 20 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0140247858.Subject(s): Human evolution | Children -- EvolutionDDC classification: 573.2
Contents:
Introduction -- 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 -- Brain growth - 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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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 573.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00015089
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A new look at evolution from the perspective of the child, from the development of the foetus and the experience of birth, to child rearing, growth and development, and the role of parents. Originally published in 1994 and now available in paperback.

Bibliography: p. 186-190. - Includes index.

Introduction -- 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 -- Brain growth - 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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