The Birth of the Allomother (Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, PhD)

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So says the absolutely legendary Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, who is professor emerita at the University of California-Davis. A former Guggenheim fellow, she has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the California Academy of S…