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 04: How to Document a Society (Re-release)
Episode 17: Being Human - Speaking of Sex
Episode 16: Neanderthals
Episode 15: The Grandmother Hypothesis
Episode 14: Being Human - Why Do We Laugh?
Episode 13: Evolutionary Arms Race
Episode 12: The Origins of Tuberculosis
Episode 11: Face Mites
Episode 10: Being Human with Alison Gopnik
Episode 09: Did Cooking Make Us Human?
Episode 08: Being Human with Robert Sapolsky
Episode 07: The Currant Bush of Life with Bernard Wood
Episode 06: Being a Nice Animal
Episode 05: Discovery at Ledi-Geraru
Episode 04: How to Document a Society
Episode 03: Jane Goodall
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