Background An emerging body of literature suggests there is a relationship between a
pregnant woman's psychological wellbeing and the development of maternal-fetal …

Twenty years ago a new area of inquiry was launched when anthropologists proposed that
an evolutionary perspective on infancy could contribute to our understanding of unexplained …

The story of human evolution has been told hundreds of times, each time with a focus that
seems most informative of the teller. No matter how it is told the primary characters are rarely …

A central goal of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine is the development of clinical
protocols for managing common medical problems that may impact breastfeeding success …

This article provides a novel synthesis of anthropological research on infant sleep, focusing
on work in biological and sociocultural anthropology in the past decade. First, we briefly …

Responsive parenting is known to lead to multiple positive child outcomes, including
sociomoral development. We examined the extent to which additional caregiving practices …

Human maternal and infant biology likely coevolved in a context of close physical contact
and some approximation of frequent,“infant‐initiated” breastfeeding. Still, mothers and …

The aim of this meta‐analysis was to examine the associations among infant feeding types,
sleeping habits, and maternal sleep postpartum. Databases including Cumulative Index of …

This book examines why certain non-communicable diseases have become common, first in
affluent western populations, and increasingly, worldwide. It draws on an evolutionary …

Objectives Remarkably, the specifics of sleep along the human lineage have been slow to
emerge, which is surprising given our distinct mental and behavioral capacity and the …