How Humans Adapt

نویسندگان

  • Jacob Bronowski
  • Jane Lancaster
  • L. L. Cavalli-Sforza
  • Asa Briggs
  • Lawrence Angel
  • Betty Meggers
  • Napoleon Chagnon
چکیده

"This ancient pattern of restrained reproduction appears optimal for the production of healthy, intelligent young. A return to such a pattern after nearly 10,000 years of high fertility is not in opposition to human nature or reproductive biology. It would, in fact, be most compatible with the patterns of parental investment and reproductive biology shaped by millions of years of evolutionary history." Jane Lancaster

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تاریخ انتشار 2013