The Breast Episode Ever
Wherein we discuss the biological and evolutionary imperatives of human breastfeeding over the last 80 million years. Read Dr. Martin's book "How We Do It" to learn more about the history...
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So today we're sitting with Robert Martin and we're going to talk about Chapter 6 in his book, titled "How We Do It."And Chapter 6 is all about feeding babies and breastfeeding. It's great.A good way to determine a biological anthropologist versus a cultural anthropologist is that...you can tell us why we breastfeed, and you can tell us the biological imperatives behind that,and a cultural anthropologist will tell us why there's a social taboo against breastfeeding beyond a certain age.- And the real difference is that all biology depends on the theory of evolution. That is the foundation.Cultural anthropology may take account of evolution, but usually doesn't.- During the Industrial Revolution, policy makers start...
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So today we're sitting with Robert Martin and we're going to talk about Chapter 6 in his book, titled "How We Do It."And Chapter 6 is all about feeding babies and breastfeeding. It's great.A good way to determine a biological anthropologist versus a cultural anthropologist is that...you can tell us why we breastfeed, and you can tell us the biological imperatives behind that,and a cultural anthropologist will tell us why there's a social taboo against breastfeeding beyond a certain age.- And the real difference is that all biology depends on the theory of evolution. That is the foundation.Cultural anthropology may take account of evolution, but usually doesn't.- During the Industrial Revolution, policy makers start...
