The Creatures' Guide to Caring: How Animal Parents Teach Us That Humans Were Born to Care - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Elizabeth PrestonTheme:Topical/FamilyPublish date:5/5/2026Pages:416
Languages:EnglishPublisher:VikingISBN-13:9780593657102ISBN-10:0593657101UPC:9780593657102Book Category:Science, Family & RelationshipsBook Subcategory:Life Sciences, ParentingBook Topic:ZoologySize:8.40 x 5.50 x 1.60 inchesWeight:0.477Product ID:SC5HJN68W4
A lively and revelatory journey through the evolution of caretaking on Earth, from animal parents to modern-day humans, making the case that caring for children and one another made us who we are Poison frog fathers carry tadpoles on their backs. Killer whale grandmothers hunt to feed their adult sons. Tropical birds incubate their friends' eggs. Spider moms let their hatchlings eat them alive. Around the world, animals from the exotic to the familiar go to astonishing lengths to keep their young alive. Their biology, brains and behaviors show us what we have in common with other creatures, as well as what's unique about Homo sapiens. With warmth, humor, and occasional run-ins with bodily fluids, science journalist Elizabeth Preston leads a highly accessible tour of cutting-edge research into how and why we and other animals care for young. She discovers that humans evolved to raise our kids in cooperative groups, and that the tools we've inherited for caretaking aren't only for moms or parents in general--they're the basis for our human society.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:VikingISBN-13:9780593657102ISBN-10:0593657101UPC:9780593657102Book Category:Science, Family & RelationshipsBook Subcategory:Life Sciences, ParentingBook Topic:ZoologySize:8.40 x 5.50 x 1.60 inchesWeight:0.477Product ID:SC5HJN68W4
Elizabeth Preston is a science journalist who contributes regularly to The New York Times and has written for Science, The Boston Globe, The Atlantic, Orion, Slate, Audubon, Discover, National Geographic, and others. She is a winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science's Kavli Science Journalism Gold Award. Preston is also a humor writer whose work has appeared in outlets such as McSweeney's Internet Tendency, Parents, and Real Simple, and was the editor of Muse, a magazine about science and ideas for kids. She lives in Massachusetts.
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