Substitute Parents

Substitute ParentsFrom a comparative perspective, human life histories are unique and raising offspring is unusually costly: humans have relatively short birth intervals compared to other apes, childhood is long, mothers care simultaneously for many dependent children (other apes raise one offspring at a time), infant mortality is high in natural fertility mortality populations, and human females have a long post reproductive lifespan. These features conspire to make

and other catastrophic events

the play turns on a tissue of misconceptions surrounding the efforts of four fathers to secure socially advantageous marriages for their heirs and the determination of their young servants to exploit their masters’ aspirations for their own advantage

in vital and memorable examples

arises with particular urgency

Using a wealth of new information afforded by the expansion of Chinese archaeology in recent decades as well as traditional historical sources

cultivating the education pipeline

The Grand Tour was a journey to continental Europe undertaken by British nobility and wealthy landed gentry during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries

Flawed and feared

but can also be managed through cultivation practices and inputs

The clinically oriented guide to nursing care during childbirth is distinguished by its strong focus on evidence-based practice as well as its engaging style and user-friendly format

Chalfi's often visionary and dramatic poetry has been acclaimed for its independence and daring by leading Israeli critics

and Rebeka Njau