Fatherhood : evolution and human paternal behavior / Peter B. Gray, Kermyt G. Anderson.
2010
GN281 .G7 2010 (Mapit)
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Title
Fatherhood : evolution and human paternal behavior / Peter B. Gray, Kermyt G. Anderson.
Author
Gray, Peter B., 1972-
ISBN
9780674048690 (alk. paper)
0674048695 (alk. paper)
0674048695 (alk. paper)
Imprint
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010.
Language
English
Description
x, 304 p. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
GN281 .G7 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification
306.874/2
Summary
"We've all heard that a father's involvement enriches the lives of children. But how much have we heard about how having a child affects a father's life? As Peter Gray and Kermyt Anderson reveal, fatherhood actually alters a man's sexuality, rewires his brain, and changes his hormonal profile. His very health may suffer - in the short run - and improve in the long. These are just a few aspects of the scientific side of fatherhood explored in this book, which deciphers the findings of myriad studies and makes them accessible to the interested general reader." "Since the mid-1990s Anderson and Gray, themselves fathers of young children, have been studying paternal behavior in places as diverse as Boston, Albuquerque, Cape Town, Kenya, and Jamaica. Their work combines the insights of evolutionary and comparative biology, cross-cultural analysis, and neural physiology to deepen and expand our understanding of fatherhood - from the intense involvement in childcare seen in male hunter-gatherers, to the prodigality of a Genghis Khan leaving millions of descendants, to the anonymous sperm donor in a fertility clinic." "Looking at every kind of fatherhood - being a father in and out of marriage, fathering from a distance, stepfathering, and parenting by gay males - this book presents a uniquely detailed picture of how being a parent fits with men's broader social and work lives, how fatherhood evolved, and how it differs across cultures and through time."--BOOK JACKET.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Anderson, Kermyt G.
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Table of Contents
Our founding fathers
A world of diversity: cross-cultural variation in paternal care
Men and marriage
Fathers and fertility
Who's the dad?
Father involvement, father absence, and children's outcomes
The makings of a stepfather
Having it all? Fatherhood, male social relationships, and work
The descent of dad's sexuality
Babies on his brain
Health and the human father
Rewriting the manual.
A world of diversity: cross-cultural variation in paternal care
Men and marriage
Fathers and fertility
Who's the dad?
Father involvement, father absence, and children's outcomes
The makings of a stepfather
Having it all? Fatherhood, male social relationships, and work
The descent of dad's sexuality
Babies on his brain
Health and the human father
Rewriting the manual.