![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() What is the relationship between these two facts? As Jean Piaget wrote: 'The child explains the adult far more than the reverse.' "The Descent of Child" looks at evolution from the child's point of view - from conception and the development of the foetus to birth, child rearing and parental roles. Yet, in the five million years in which the growing power of 'Homo sapiens' has enabled us to dominate the planet, our babies have become increasingly helpless, immature and vulnerable. Infants, like women, have been there throughout our evolutionary history, their well-being equally vital to species survival. points out the dangers of focusing too much attention of single age group - adults. came as a reminder - much needed at the time - that no account of the 'Emergence of Man, ' could afford to confine its attentions to one sex without falling into serious errors. "In 1972 Elaine Morgan's first book, 'The Descent of Woman, '. ![]()
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