On Fertile Ground : : A Natural History of Human Reproduction / / Peter T. Ellison.

Reproduction is among the most basic of human biological functions, both for our distant ancestors and for ourselves, whether we live on the plains of Africa or in North American suburbs. Our reproductive biology unites us as a species, but it has also been an important engine of our evolution. In t...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada)
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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2022]
©2003
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (368 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • TWO BIRTHS
  • SURVIVING THE FIRST CUT
  • A TIME TO BE BORN
  • THE ELIXIR OF LIFE
  • WHY GROW UP?
  • BALANCING ACT
  • THE ARC OF LIFE
  • THE BODY BUILDERS
  • THE JOURNEY AND THE PROCESSION
  • NOTES
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  • INDEX