The Evolutionary Importance of Mothers and Grandmothers

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The Evolutionary Importance of Mothers and Grandmothers

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56 minutes

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May 9, 2018

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Spencer and Razib talk to Kristen Hawkes, proponent of "The Grandmother Hypothesis," about the importance of mothers and grandmothers in human evolutionary history.

Released:

May 9, 2018

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Where did we come from? One of humanity's most basic questions, the answer is fascinating. Weaving together insights from the fields of genetics, archaeology, linguistics, and paleoanthropology, hosts Spencer Wells and Razib Khan take us on a grand tour of human history. Scientific storytelling at its best.

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The Evolutionary Importance of Mothers and Grandmothers

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