{"product_id":"fatherhood-peter-b-gray-9780674064188","title":"Fatherhood: Evolution and Human Paternal Behavior","description":"\u003cp\u003eWe've all heard that a father's involvement enriches the lives of children. But how much have we heard about how having a child affects a father's life? As Peter Gray and Kermyt Anderson reveal, fatherhood actually alters a man's sexuality, rewires his brain, and changes his hormonal profile. His very health may suffer--in the short run--and improve in the long. These are just a few aspects of the scientific side of fatherhood explored in this book, which deciphers the findings of myriad studies and makes them accessible to the interested general reader. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSince the mid-1990s Anderson and Gray, themselves fathers of young children, have been studying paternal behavior in places as diverse as Boston, Albuquerque, Cape Town, Kenya, and Jamaica. Their work combines the insights of evolutionary and comparative biology, cross-cultural analysis, and neural physiology to deepen and expand our understanding of fatherhood--from the intense involvement in childcare seen in male hunter-gatherers, to the prodigality of a Genghis Khan leaving millions of descendants, to the anonymous sperm donor in a fertility clinic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLooking at every kind of fatherhood--being a father in and out of marriage, fathering from a distance, stepfathering, and parenting by gay males--this book presents a uniquely detailed picture of how being a parent fits with men's broader social and work lives, how fatherhood evolved, and how it differs across cultures and through time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter B. Gray, Kermyt G. Anderson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674064186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674064188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/02\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.26h x 6.12w x 0.78d","brand":"Peter B. Gray","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946904846591,"sku":"9780674064188","price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_7a5c7cca-fb5a-4673-b5ee-2c1597a4c6ae.jpg?v=1681515688","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fatherhood-peter-b-gray-9780674064188","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}