Journal•ISSN: 0028-0712
Natural History
American Museum of Natural History
About: Natural History is an academic journal. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Darwin (ADL) & Science education. It has an ISSN identifier of 0028-0712. Over the lifetime, 817 publications have been published receiving 5109 citations.
Topics: Darwin (ADL), Science education, Nest, Whale, Tree (data structure)
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TL;DR: To come up with the 10–13 million calories that anthropologists such as Hillard Kaplan calculate are needed to rear a young human to independence, a mother needs help.
Abstract: Mother apes—chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, humans—dote on their babies. And why not? They give birth to an infant after a long gestation and, in most cases, suckle it for years. With humans, however, the job of providing for a juvenile goes on and on. Unlike all other ape babies, ours mature slowly and reach independence late. A mother in a foraging society may give birth every four years or so, and her first few children remain dependent long after each new baby arrives; among nomadic foragers, grown-ups may provide food to children for eighteen or more years. To come up with the 10–13 million calories that anthropologists such as Hillard Kaplan calculate are needed to rear a young human to independence, a mother needs help.
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