How we do it [electronic resource] : the evolution and future of human reproduction / Robert Martin.

How we do it [electronic resource] : the evolution and future of human reproduction / Robert Martin.

9780465037841 electronic book
0465037844 electronic book
9780465030156
0465030157

New York : Basic Books, [2013]

©2013

English

1 online resource (xii, 304 pages)

QP251 .M325 2013eb

612.6

"Despite our seemingly endless fascination with sex and parenting, the origins of our reproductive lives remain a mystery. Why are a quarter of a billion sperm cells needed to fertilize one egg? Are women really fertile for only a few days each month? How long should women breast-feed? In [this book], primatologist Robert Martin draws on forty years of research to locate the origins of everything from sex cells to baby care, and to reveal what's really natural when it comes to making and raising babies. He acknowledges that although it's not realistic to reproduce like our ancestors did, there are surprising consequences to behavior we take for granted, such as bottle feeding, cesarean sections, and in vitro fertilization"--Amazon.com.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-288) and index.

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