Bringing togethertheoretical and empirical work byinternationally 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 evolution, anthropology, and even gerontology will look to this volume as a major contribution to the current literature in evolutionary studies.
Bringing togethertheoretical and empirical work byinternationally 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 evolution, anthropology, and even gerontology will look to this volume as a major contribution to the current literature in evolutionary studies. Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Eckart Voland is a professor of biophilosophy at the Institute of Philosophy and Foundations of Science at the University of Giessen in Germany. Athanasios Chasiotis is an associate professor at the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Tilburg University, the Netherlands. Wulf Schiefenhövel is the head of the human ethology group, Max-Planck-Institute, Andechs/Seewiesen in Germany and a professor of medical psychology and ethnomedicine at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich.
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Preface and Acknowledgements Introduction Grandmotherhood: A Short Overview of Three Fields of Research on the Evolutionary Significance of Postgenerative Female Life Eckart Voland, Athanasios Chasiotis, and Wulf Schiefenhövel Part I LIFE HISTORY: The Evolutionary Route to Grandmothers Chapter 1 Primate Predispositions for Human Grandmaternal Behavior Andreas Paul Chapter 2 Menopause: Adaptation and Epiphenomenon Jocelyn Scott Peccei Chapter 3 Human Longevity and Reproduction: An Evolutionary Perspective Natalia S. Gavrilova and Leonid A. Gavrilov Chapter 4 Grandmothers, Politics, and Getting Back to Science Chris Knight and Camilla Power Chapter 5 Human Female Longevity: How Important Is Being a Grandmother? Cheryl Sorenson Jamison, Paul L. Jamison, and Laurel L. Cornell Chapter 6 Human Age Structures, Paleodemography, and the Grandmother Hypothesis Kristen Hawkes and Nicholas Blurton Jones Part II BEHAVIOR: Modern Outcomes of Past Adaptations Chapter 7 Are Humans Cooperative Breeders? Ruth Mace and Rebecca Sear Chapter 8 Hadza Grandmothers as Helpers: Residence Data Nicholas Blurton Jones, Kristen Hawkes, and James O'Connell Chapter 9 The Role of Maternal Grandmothers in Trobriand Adoptions Wulf Schiefenhövel and Andreas Grabolle Chapter 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 Chapter 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 Chapter 12 "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 and Jan Beise Chapter 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 Chapter 14 Variability of Grandmothers' Roles Axel Schölmerich, Birgit Leyendecker, Banu Citlak, Amy Miller, and Robin Harwood Part III SYNTHESIS: The Evolutionary Significance of Grandmothers Chapter 15 Cooperative Breeders with an Ace in the Hole Sarah Blaffer Hrdy Contributors Name Index Subject Index
Preface and Acknowledgements Introduction Grandmotherhood: A Short Overview of Three Fields of Research on the Evolutionary Significance of Postgenerative Female Life Eckart Voland, Athanasios Chasiotis, and Wulf Schiefenhövel Part I LIFE HISTORY: The Evolutionary Route to Grandmothers Chapter 1 Primate Predispositions for Human Grandmaternal Behavior Andreas Paul Chapter 2 Menopause: Adaptation and Epiphenomenon Jocelyn Scott Peccei Chapter 3 Human Longevity and Reproduction: An Evolutionary Perspective Natalia S. Gavrilova and Leonid A. Gavrilov Chapter 4 Grandmothers, Politics, and Getting Back to Science Chris Knight and Camilla Power Chapter 5 Human Female Longevity: How Important Is Being a Grandmother? Cheryl Sorenson Jamison, Paul L. Jamison, and Laurel L. Cornell Chapter 6 Human Age Structures, Paleodemography, and the Grandmother Hypothesis Kristen Hawkes and Nicholas Blurton Jones Part II BEHAVIOR: Modern Outcomes of Past Adaptations Chapter 7 Are Humans Cooperative Breeders? Ruth Mace and Rebecca Sear Chapter 8 Hadza Grandmothers as Helpers: Residence Data Nicholas Blurton Jones, Kristen Hawkes, and James O'Connell Chapter 9 The Role of Maternal Grandmothers in Trobriand Adoptions Wulf Schiefenhövel and Andreas Grabolle Chapter 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 Chapter 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 Chapter 12 "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 and Jan Beise Chapter 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 Chapter 14 Variability of Grandmothers' Roles Axel Schölmerich, Birgit Leyendecker, Banu Citlak, Amy Miller, and Robin Harwood Part III SYNTHESIS: The Evolutionary Significance of Grandmothers Chapter 15 Cooperative Breeders with an Ace in the Hole Sarah Blaffer Hrdy Contributors Name Index Subject Index
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