| International Standard Book Number |
9780593657119
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780593657102
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| International Standard Book Number |
0593657101
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| Dewey Decimal Classification Number |
591.56
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| Personal Name |
Preston, Elizabeth (Science journalist), author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut
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| Title Statement |
The creatures' guide to caring : how animal parents teach us that humans were born to care / Elizabeth Preston.
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| Imprint |
New York, NY : Viking, [2026]
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| Physical Description |
xxv, 387 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
Includes bibliographical references.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"A sweet and enchanting tour of how animals protect and parent--and what it tells us about how we've evolved to take care of each other The survival and abundance of any species relates directly to how they take care of one another, and every species on our planet has their own style of caretaking: robins carry their youngs' excrement in their mouths to keep the nest clean; killer whale grandmothers help their sons hunt well into adulthood; a daddy-long-leg relative adopts abandoned babies as if they were his own. Nature shows us a vast diversity of ways that animals care for their offspring, from the bizarre to the deeply familiar--but also that caring isn't unique to parents: it is our birthright as human beings, and the basis for our evolution. In a warm, accessible, and funny voice, science journalist Elizabeth Preston pulls together research from the world's foremost scientists to illuminate nature's many styles of caretaking and all the creatures who share our struggles and concerns, which tools for caretaking have helped us not just to raise young but to live together in societies. Ultimately A creature's guide to caring shows that the distinctions we draw between ourselves and the other animals, or between different types of humans-parents versus the childfree, someone else's kids versus our own--actually deny our humanity"-- Provided by publisher.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Parental behavior in animals.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Familial behavior in animals.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Kin recognition in animals.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Comportement familial chez les animaux.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Comportement parental chez les animaux.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Reconnaissance de la parente`le chez les animaux.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Documents d'information.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Informational works.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Popular works.
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