Sunday, March 15, 2009

Never Evolved

With all things simple, the implementation is always complicated... TOI 21 May 2004, Archana Jahagirdar Shake that Belly-Editorial-Opinion-The Times of India

Goodnight, Sweet Sheep Dolly, however, was more than the rallying point for these nature versus nurture debates, for crash courses into the critical differences between therapeutic and reproductive cloning. She was a reminder of a burning human attraction for unexplored frontiers. Mini Kapoor Indian Express: Feb 17, 2003

Mothers and Others: The Evolutionary Origins of Mutual Understanding (Belknap Press) by Sarah Blaffer Hrdy (Hardcover - April 1, 2009). Boldly conceived and beautifully written, Mothers and Others makes a strong case that we humans are (or should be) cooperative breeders. --Melvin Konner, author of The Tangled Wing: Biological Constraints on the Human Spirit. Mother Nature: Maternal Instincts and How They Shape the Human Species The Woman That Never Evolved: With a New Preface and Bibliographical Updates, Revised Edition