Humans invest enormous amounts of time and energy into bringing up our babies. This unique investment is a fundamental part of what it means to be human. In this episode, the first in a three-part series on family relationships, researchers Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, Stacy Rosenbaum, and Amy Scott explore how our species' approach to motherhood may hold the key to some of the most important traits that set us apart from other mammals.
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Credits:
This episode was produced by Leo Hornak. Sound design by Ray Pang. Host and executive producer, Meredith Johnson. Our editor is Audrey Quinn. Recording assistance Catherine Monahon. Theme music by Henry Nagle, additional music by Lee Roservere and Blue Dot Sessions.
Sponsors:
Dana LaJoie and Bill Richards, Jeanne Newman, the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation, and the Joan and Arnold Travis Education Fund.
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Episode 55: Monkeys Get Creative
Episode 54: The Obstetrical Dilemma
Sleep and the Moon
Episode 52: How to Study an Endangered Species
Episode 51: The Teeth Remember
Episode 50: Understanding Neanderthals
Episode 49: Exercise
Episode 48: Ancestor (rerelease)
Episode 47: Skin
Episode 46: Interview with María Martinón-Torres
Episode 45: Detective of the Dead
Episode 44: Custodian of the Ancestors
Episode 43: We Eat Bugs
Episode 42: The Cave Punan
Episode 41: Tribes Old and New
Episode 40: The Denisovans
Piltdown Man
Episode 38: From the Archive - Louis Leakey
Episode 37: From the Archive - Mary Leakey
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