Grandmotherhood : the evolutionary significance of the second half of female life /

"Bringing together theoretical and empirical work by internationally recognized scholars in anthropology, psychology, ethnography, and the social sciences, Grandmotherhood explores the evolutionary purpose and possibilities of female post-generative life. Students and scholars of human evolutio...

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Other Authors: Chasiotis, Athanasios, Schiefenhövel, Wulf, 1943-, Schiefenhövel, Wulf, 1943-, Voland, Eckart, 1949-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2005], ©2005
New Brunswick, N.J. : c2005
New Brunswick, N.J. : ©2005
New Brunswick, N.J. : [2005]
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Table of Contents:
  • Primate predispositions for human grandmaternal behavior / Andreas Paul
  • Menopause: adaptation and epiphenomenon / Jocelyn Scott Peccei
  • Human longevity and reproduction: an evolutionary perspective / Natalia S. Gavrilova, Leonid A. Gavrilov
  • Grandmothers, politics, and getting back to science / Chris Knight, Camilla Power
  • Human female longevity: how important is being a grandmother? / Cheryl Sorenson Jamison, Paul L. Jamison, Laurel L. Cornell
  • Human age structures, paleodemography, and the grandmother hypothesis / Kristen Hawkes, Nicholas Blurton Jones
  • Are humans cooperative breeders? / Ruth Mace, Rebecca Sear
  • Hadza grandmothers as helpers: residence data / Nicholas Blurton Jones, Kristen Hawkes, James O'Connell
  • The role of maternal grandmothers in Trobriand adoptions / Wulf Schiefenhövel, Andreas Grabolle
  • Kinship organization and the impact of grandmothers on reproductive success among matrilineal Kuasi and patrilineal Bengali of Northeast India / Donna L. Leonetti, ...[et al.]
  • The helping and the helpful grandmother: the role of maternal and paternal grandmothers in child mortality in the seventeenth and eighteenth-century population of French settlers in Québec, Canada / Jan Beise
  • "The husband's mother is the devil in house": data on the impact of the mother-in-law on stillbirth mortality in historical Krummhörn (1750-1874) and some thoughts on the evolution of postgenerative female life / Eckart Voland, Jan Beise - - Exploring the variation in intergenerational relationships among Germans and Turkish immigrants: an evolutionary perspective of behavior in a modern social setting / Akiko Nosaka, Athanasios Chasiotis
  • Variability of grandmothers' roles / Axel Schölmerich, ...[et al.]
  • Cooperative breeders with an ace in the hole / Sarah Blaffer Hrdy
  • Primate predispositions for human grandmaternal behavior / Andreas Paul
  • Menopause: adaptation and epiphenomenon / Jocelyn Scott Peccei
  • Human longevity and reproduction: an evolutionary perspective / Natalia S. Gavrilova, Leonid A. Gavrilov
  • Grandmothers, politics, and getting back to science / Chris Knight, Camilla Power
  • Human female longevity: how important is being a grandmother? / Cheryl Sorenson Jamison, Paul L. Jamison, Laurel L. Cornell
  • Human age structures, paleodemography, and the grandmother hypothesis / Kristen Hawkes, Nicholas Blurton Jones
  • Are humans cooperative breeders? / Ruth Mace, Rebecca Sear
  • Hadza grandmothers as helpers: residence data / Nicholas Blurton Jones, Kristen Hawkes, James O'Connell
  • The role of maternal grandmothers in Trobriand adoptions / Wulf Schiefenhövel, Andreas Grabolle
  • Kinship organization and the impact of grandmothers on reproductive success among matrilineal Kuasi and patrilineal Bengali of Northeast India / Donna L. Leonetti, ...[et al.]
  • The helping and the helpful grandmother: the role of maternal and paternal grandmothers in child mortality in the seventeenth and eighteenth-century population of French settlers in Québec, Canada / Jan Beise
  • "The husband's mother is the devil in house": data on the impact of the mother-in-law on stillbirth mortality in historical Krummhörn (1750-1874) and some thoughts on the evolution of postgenerative female life / Eckart Voland, Jan Beise
  • Exploring the variation in intergenerational relationships among Germans and Turkish immigrants: an evolutionary perspective of behavior in a modern social setting / Akiko Nosaka, Athanasios Chasiotis
  • Variability of grandmothers' roles / Axel Schölmerich, ...[et al.]
  • Cooperative breeders with an ace in the hole / Sarah Blaffer Hrdy
  • note: Introduction : grandmotherhood : a short overview of three fields of research on the evolutionary significance of postgenerative female life / Eckart Voland / Athanasios Chasiotis / Wulf Schiefenhovel
  • Ch. 1 Primate predispositions for human grandmaternal behavior / Andreas Paul
  • Ch. 2 Menopause : adaptation and epiphenomenon / Jocelyn Scott Peccei
  • Ch. 3 Human longevity and reproduction : an evolutionary perspective / Natalia S. Gavrilova / Leonid A. Gavrilov
  • Ch. 4 Grandmothers, politics, and getting back to science / Chris Knight / Camilla Power
  • Ch. 5 Human female longevity : how important is being a grandmother? / Cheryl Sorenson Jamison / Paul L. Jamison / Laurel L. Cornell
  • Ch. 6 Human age structures, paleodemography, and the grandmother hypothesis / Kristen Hawkes / Nicholas Blurton Jones
  • Ch. 7 Are humans cooperative breeders? / Ruth Mace / Rebecca Sear
  • Ch. 8 Hadza grandmothers as helpers : residence data / Nicholas Blurton Jones / Kristen Hawkes / James O'Connell
  • Ch. 9 role of maternal grandmothers in Trobriand adoptions / Wulf Schiefenhovel / Andreas Grabolle
  • Ch. 10 Kinship organization and the impact of grandmothers on reproductive success among the matrilineal Khasi and patrilineal Bengali of Northeast India / Donna L. Leonetti / Dilip C. Nath / Natabar S. Hemam / Dawn B. Neill
  • Ch. 11 helping and the helpful grandmother : the role of maternal and paternal grandmothers in child mortality in the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century population of French settlers in Quebec, Canada / Jan Beise
  • Ch. 12 "The husband's mother is the devil in house" : data on the impact of the mother-in-law on stillbirth mortality in historical Krummhorn (1750-1874) and some thoughts on the evolution of postgenerative female life / Eckart Voland / Jan Beise
  • Ch. 13 Exploring the variation in intergenerational relationships among Germans and Turkish immigrants : an evolutionary perspective of behavior in a modern social setting / Akiko Nosaka / Athanasios Chasiotis
  • Ch. 14 Variability of grandmothers' roles / Axel Scholmerich / Birgit Leyendecker / Banu Citlak / Amy Miller / Robin Harwood
  • Introduction : grandmotherhood : a short overview of three fields of research on the evolutionary significance of postgenerative female life / Eckart Voland, Athanasios Chasiotis and Wulf Schiefenhovel
  • Ch. 1 Primate predispositions for human grandmaternal behavior / Andreas Paul
  • Ch. 2. Menopause : adaptation and epiphenomenon / Jocelyn Scott Peccei
  • Ch. 3. Human longevity and reproduction : an evolutionary perspective / Natalia S. Gavrilova and Leonid A. Gavrilov
  • Ch. 4. Grandmothers, politics, and getting back to science / Chris Knight and Camilla Power
  • Ch. 5. Human female longevity : how important is being a grandmother? / Cheryl Sorenson Jamison, Paul L. Jamison and Laurel L. Cornell
  • Ch. 6. Human age structures, paleodemography, and the grandmother hypothesis / Kristen Hawkes and Nicholas Blurton Jones
  • Ch. 7. Are humans cooperative breeders? / Ruth Mace and Rebecca Sear
  • Ch. 8. Hadza grandmothers as helpers : residence data / Nicholas Blurton Jones, Kristen Hawkes and James O'Connell
  • Ch. 9. The role of maternal grandmothers in Trobriand adoptions / Wulf Schiefenhovel and Andreas Grabolle
  • Ch. 10. Kinship organization and the impact of grandmothers on reproductive success among the matrilineal Khasi and patrilineal Bengali of Northeast India / Donna L. Leonetti, Dilip C. Nath, Natabar S. Hemam and Dawn B. Neill
  • Ch. 11. The helping and the helpful grandmother : the role of maternal and paternal grandmothers in child mortality in the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century population of French settlers in Quebec, Canada / Jan Beise
  • Ch. 12. "The husband's mother is the devil in house" : data on the impact of the mother-in-law on stillbirth mortality in historical Krummhorn (1750-1874) and some thoughts on the evolution of postgenerative female life / Eckart Voland and Jan Beise
  • Ch. 13. Exploring the variation in intergenerational relationships among Germans and Turkish immigrants : an evolutionary perspective of behavior in a modern social setting / Akiko Nosaka and Athanasios Chasiotis
  • Ch. 14. Variability of grandmothers' roles / Axel Scholmerich, Birgit Leyendecker, Banu Citlak, Amy Miller and Robin Harwood
  • Ch. 15. Cooperative breeders with an ace in the hole / Sarah Blaffer Hrdy.
  • Introduction : grandmotherhood : a short overview of three fields of research on the evolutionary significance of postgenerative female life / Eckart Voland, Athanasios Chasiotis and Wulf Schiefenhovel
  • Ch. 1 Primate predispositions for human grandmaternal behavior / Andreas Paul
  • Ch. 2. Menopause : adaptation and epiphenomenon / Jocelyn Scott Peccei
  • Ch. 3. Human longevity and reproduction : an evolutionary perspective / Natalia S. Gavrilova and Leonid A. Gavrilov
  • Ch. 4. Grandmothers, politics, and getting back to science / Chris Knight and Camilla Power
  • Ch. 5. Human female longevity : how important is being a grandmother? / Cheryl Sorenson Jamison, Paul L. Jamison and Laurel L. Cornell
  • Ch. 6. Human age structures, paleodemography, and the grandmother hypothesis / Kristen Hawkes and Nicholas Blurton Jones
  • Ch. 7. Are humans cooperative breeders? / Ruth Mace and Rebecca Sear
  • Ch. 8. Hadza grandmothers as helpers : residence data / Nicholas Blurton Jones, Kristen Hawkes and James O'Connell
  • Ch. 9. The role of maternal grandmothers in Trobriand adoptions / Wulf Schiefenhovel and Andreas Grabolle
  • Ch. 10. Kinship organization and the impact of grandmothers on reproductive success among the matrilineal Khasi and patrilineal Bengali of Northeast India / Donna L. Leonetti, Dilip C. Nath, Natabar S. Hemam and Dawn B. Neill
  • Ch. 11. The helping and the helpful grandmother : the role of maternal and paternal grandmothers in child mortality in the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century population of French settlers in Quebec, Canada / Jan Beise
  • Ch. 12. "The husband's mother is the devil in house" : data on the impact of the mother-in-law on stillbirth mortality in historical Krummhorn (1750-1874) and some thoughts on the evolution of postgenerative female life / Eckart Voland and Jan Beise
  • Ch. 13. Exploring the variation in intergenerational relationships among Germans and Turkish immigrants : an evolutionary perspective of behavior in a modern social setting / Akiko Nosaka and Athanasios Chasiotis
  • Ch. 14. Variability of grandmothers' roles / Axel Scholmerich, Birgit Leyendecker, Banu Citlak, Amy Miller and Robin Harwood
  • Ch. 15. Cooperative breeders with an ace in the hole / Sarah Blaffer Hrdy.
  • Introduction : grandmotherhood : a short overview of three fields of research on the evolutionary significance of postgenerative female life / Eckart Voland, Athanasios Chasiotis and Wulf Schiefenhovel
  • Ch. 1 Primate predispositions for human grandmaternal behavior / Andreas Paul
  • Ch. 2. Menopause : adaptation and epiphenomenon / Jocelyn Scott Peccei
  • Ch. 3. Human longevity and reproduction : an evolutionary perspective / Natalia S. Gavrilova and Leonid A. Gavrilov
  • Ch. 4. Grandmothers, politics, and getting back to science / Chris Knight and Camilla Power
  • Ch. 5. Human female longevity : how important is being a grandmother? / Cheryl Sorenson Jamison, Paul L. Jamison and Laurel L. Cornell
  • Ch. 6. Human age structures, paleodemography, and the grandmother hypothesis / Kristen Hawkes and Nicholas Blurton Jones
  • Ch. 7. Are humans cooperative breeders? / Ruth Mace and Rebecca Sear
  • Ch. 8. Hadza grandmothers as helpers : residence data / Nicholas Blurton Jones, Kristen Hawkes and James O'Connell
  • Ch. 9. The role of maternal grandmothers in Trobriand adoptions / Wulf Schiefenhovel and Andreas Grabolle
  • Ch. 10. Kinship organization and the impact of grandmothers on reproductive success among the matrilineal Khasi and patrilineal Bengali of Northeast India / Donna L. Leonetti, Dilip C. Nath, Natabar S. Hemam and Dawn B. Neill
  • Ch. 11. The helping and the helpful grandmother : the role of maternal and paternal grandmothers in child mortality in the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century population of French settlers in Quebec, Canada / Jan Beise
  • Ch. 12. "The husband's mother is the devil in house" : data on the impact of the mother-in-law on stillbirth mortality in historical Krummhorn (1750-1874) and some thoughts on the evolution of postgenerative female life / Eckart Voland and Jan Beise
  • Ch. 13 Exploring the variation in intergenerational relationships among Germans and Turkish immigrants : an evolutionary perspective of behavior in a modern social setting / Akiko Nosaka and Athanasios Chasiotis
  • Ch. 14. Variability of grandmothers' roles / Axel Scholmerich, Birgit Leyendecker, Banu Citlak, Amy Miller and Robin Harwood
  • Ch. 15. Cooperative breeders with an ace in the hole / Sarah Blaffer Hrdy.