This Week in EvoS: Peter B. Gray on Hormones and Human Childcare

The fall 2009 Evolutionary Studies program continues this Friday, November 20, at 4:00 PM in LH-2. Peter B. Gray of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas will present Hormones and Human Childcare: Evolutionary and Proximate Dimensions of a Cooperative Breeder. From the abstract:

Unlike most mammals, humans breed in cooperative groups, obtaining care from fathers, grandmothers, older sisters, and others, in addition to mothers. Sarah Hrdy has refined this model of humans as cooperative breeders in her latest book, Mothers and Others. Here, we focus on the proximate hormonal mechanisms associated with human care of young children.

Here is a PDF flyer for the seminar:

Posted on Tuesday, November 17th, 2009 in Events by EvoS.