Father Time

"""A New Statesman Best Book of the Academic Presses"" ""An outstanding examination of the history and science of fatherhood.... Revelatory scientific studies shedding light on men’s biological proclivity for caring...complement the edifying history. It amounts to an invaluable deep history of dads."" * Publishers Weekly starred review * ""Both cultural norms and evolutionary science have long held that caring for babies is primarily the woman’s domain. But when the anthropologist Sarah Blaffer Hrdy noticed that the role of fathers was changing, her research led her to discover the profound biological and social implications of a nurturing masculinity."" * New Statesman * ""a rich journey for the reader that not only provides a greater understanding of the evolution of fatherhood but also demonstrates how...the researcher’s personal experiences...can spawn new perspectives and insights....This is a remarkable book, filled with detailed scientific information, expert interpretations of the data, and a brilliant narrative voice.""---Richard Bribiescas, Harvard Magazine ""I turned to [Father Time] seeking validation and found something much better: the complete destabilization of my concept of paternity.""---Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine ""[Sarah Bluffer Hrdy] is a rare science writer who combines mastery of her field with warm, readable prose. . . . Her life’s work has been to reinvent the way we think about ourselves, and to disentangle gender myths from the more flexible truths about human behaviour.""---Sunday Times, Sarah Ditum"