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The contribution of comparative research to the development and testing of life history models of human attachment and reproductive strategies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2009

Dario Maestripieri
Dario Maestripieri
Affiliation:
Department of Comparative Human Development, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637. dario@uchicago.eduhttp://primate.uchicago.edu/dario.htm
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Abstract

Research with nonhuman primates can make important contributions to life history models of human attachment and reproductive strategies, such as: including parental responsiveness into female reproductive strategies, testing the assumption that adult attachment is a reproductive adaptation, assessing genetic and environmental effects on attachment and reproduction, and investigating the mechanisms through which early stress results in accelerated reproductive maturation.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 32 , Issue 1 , February 2009 , pp. 37 - 38
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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