Allomaternal Nursing in Humans
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Allomaternal nursing in humans.
Few studies exist of allomaternal nursing in humans. It is relatively common among some cultures, such as the Aka and Efé hunter-gatherers of the Congo Basin, but it does not occur in other foragers such as the !Kung and Hadza of Southern and East Africa. This paper utilizes focal follow observations of Aka and Efé infants, interviews with Aka mothers, ethnographic reports from researchers work...
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Anthropology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0011-3204,1537-5382
DOI: 10.1086/675657