Ancestral Landscapes in Human Evolution: Culture, Childrearing and Social Wellbeing

386 Pages·2014·2.563 MB·English

by  Darcia Narvaez, Kristin Valentino, Agustin Fuentes, James J. McKenna, Peter Gray (eds.)

Ancestral Landscapes in
Human Evolution

Ancestral Landscapes
in Human Evolution
CULTURE, CHILDREARING AND SOCIAL WELLBEING
Edited by
Darcia Narvaez
Kristin Valentino
Agustín Fuentes
James J. McKenna
and
Peter Gray
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Ancestral landscapes in human evolution: culture, childrearing and social wellbeing / edited by
Darcia Narvaez, Kristin Valentino, Agustín Fuentes, James J. McKenna, and Peter Gray.
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ISBN 978–0–19–996425–3
1. Parent and infant. 2. Primates—Behavior. 3. Psychology, Comparative.
4. Evolutionary psychology. 5. Child care. 6. Child rearing. 7. Child development.
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To the children of the world

{ CONTENTS }
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xiii
About the Editors xv
Contributors xvii
SECTION I: Baselines for Human Mammalian Development
1. C hildren’s Development in Light of Evolution and Culture 3
DARCIA NARVAEZ, PETER GRAY, JAMES J. MCKENNA,
AGUSTÍN FUENTES, AND KRISTIN VALENTINO
2. Epigenetics of Mammalian Parenting 18
FRANCES A. CHAMPAGNE
C ommentary: As Time Goes By, a Touch Is More Than
Just a Touch by Eric E. Nelson 38
3. N onhuman Primate Models of Mental Health: Early Life Experiences
Affect Developmental Trajectories 42
AMANDA M. DETTMER, STEPHEN J. SUOMI, AND KATIE HINDE
C ommentary: Look How Far We Have Come: A Bit of Consilience
in Elucidating the Role of Caregivers in Relationship to Their
Developing Primate Infants and Children by James J. McKenna 59
SECTION II: Evolution’s Baseline: Hunter-Gatherer Contexts
4. R elationships and Resource Uncertainty: Cooperative Development
of Efe Hunter-Gatherer Infants and Toddlers 69
GILDA MORELLI, PAULA IVEY HENRY, AND STEFFEN FOERSTER
C ommentary: Social Connectedness Versus Mothers on Their Own:
Research on Hunter-Gatherer Tribes Highlights the Lack of
Support Mothers and Babies Receive in the United States
by Kathleen Kendall-Tackett 104
5. Batek Childrearing and Morality 108
KAREN L. ENDICOTT AND KIRK M. ENDICOTT
Commentary: Parenting in the Modern Jungle by Michael Jindra 126
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6. C osleeping Beyond Infancy: Culture, Ecology, and Evolutionary
Biology of Bed Sharing Among Aka Foragers and Ngandu
Farmers of Central Africa 129
BARRY S. HEWLETT AND JENNIFER W. ROULETTE
C ommentary: Intertwining the Influences of Culture and Ecology
Broadens a Definition of the Importance of Closeness in Care
by Wendy Middlemiss 164
SECTION III: Contexts for the Evolution of
Families and Children
7. E nvironment of Evolutionary Adaptedness, Rough-and-Tumble Play,
and the Selection of Restraint in Human Aggression 169
DOUGLAS P. FRY
C ommentary: Evolutionary Adaptation and Violent Aggression:
From Myths to Realities by Riane Eisler 189
8. Play Theory of Hunter-Gatherer Egalitarianism 192
PETER GRAY
C ommentary: Comparative Studies of Social Play, Fairness, and
Fitness: What We Know and Where We Should be Heading
by Marc Bekoff 216
9. I ncentives in the Family I: The Family Firm, an
Evolutionary/Economic Theory for Parent–Offspring Relations 220
JOAN ROUGHGARDEN AND ZHIYUAN SONG
10. Preliminary Steps Toward Addressing the Role of Nonadult
Individuals in Human Evolution 240
AGUSTÍN FUENTES
Commentary: Conflict and Evolution by Melvin Konner 257
SECTION IV: Contexts Gone Awry
11. Child Maltreatment and Early Mother–Child Interactions 265
KRISTIN VALENTINO, MICHELLE COMAS,
AND AMY K. NUTTALL
C ommentary: Ancestral Attachment: How the Evolutionary
Foundation of Attachment Informs Our Understanding
of Child Maltreatment Interventions by Alyssa N. Crittenden 282