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Evolutionary Context of Human Development: The Cooperative Breeding Model
Abstract
According to the Cooperative Breeding Hypothesis, allomaternal assistance was essential for child survival during the Pleistocene. This breeding system permitted hominid females to produce offspring without increasing inter-birth intervals, and allowed for movement into new habitats. Reliance on allomaternal assistance would make maternal commitment more dependent on the mother's perception of probable support from others than is the case in most other primates. One artifact of such investment would be newborns who needed to monitor and engage mothers, as well as older infants and juveniles who benefited from eliciting care and provisioning from a range of caretakers across the prolonged period of dependence characteristic of young in cooperative breeders. Developing in a social context where infants and children who are more skilled at reading the intentions of others and engaging their solicitude would be more likely to survive and prosper has obvious implications for the evolution of Theory of Mind.
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- Authors
- Hrdy, S. B.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Davis (US)
- Corresponding author
- Hrdy, Sarah Blaffer
- ORCID
- Hrdy, Sarah Blaffer
- Venue
- Family Relationships
- Publisher
- Oxford University PressNew York
- Published
- 2007-10-01
- Pages
- 39-68
- OpenAlex
- W1480541319
- Cited by
- 333
- References
- 56
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 13 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 28 · 2021: 25 · 2020: 32 · 2019: 22 · 2018: 14 · 2017: 14 · 2016: 17 · 2015: 18 · 2014: 16 · 2013: 18 · 2012: 16
- FWCI
- 34.82
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Keywords
- cooperative breeding, human evolution, Pleistocene, birth interval, maternal investment, infant social cognition, theory of mind, social provision
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