Substitute Parents

Substitute ParentsFrom a comparative perspective, human life histories are unique and raising offspring is unusually costly: humans have relatively short birth intervals compared to other apes, childhood is long, mothers care simultaneously for many dependent children (other apes raise one offspring at a time), infant mortality is high in natural fertility mortality populations, and human females have a long post reproductive lifespan. These features conspire to make

Amid the social and political crises of our time

and notes by Tuckerman

Developing sustainable apple cultivation is based on both a better knowledge of tree architecture and physiology in relation to fruiting

drawing attention to why and how these three concepts are interrelated and why they should be studied together

All in the mix: Race

the book offers an eclectic mix of short stories

that contribute to the argument that knowing is both vulnerable and responsive to the way in which experience resists our attempts to make sense of things

and young offenders--the book draws on international literature and empirical studies from within Hong Kong

little known elements of the German scene that have a value of their own as well as a value for enriching our understanding of Hegel's philosophy

West Indians George Padmore

Sir Launcelot

serving also as a comprehensive introduction to his work