Kristen Hawkes

6 Podcast Episodes

6 | Are Grandmothers the Key to Our Evolutionary Success? ~ Kristen Hawkes

6 | Are Grandmothers the Key to Our Evolutionary Success? ~ Kristen Hawkes

Humans live long, much longer than any of our closest relatives. For human females, this means living a large part of ad... Read more

5 Nov 2022

50mins

#300 Kristen Hawkes: The Grandmother Hypothesis

#300 Kristen Hawkes: The Grandmother Hypothesis

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27 Feb 2020

1hr 12mins

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Ep. 25: Menopause and how older women are essential to societies, the grandmother hypothesis with Kristen Hawkes

Ep. 25: Menopause and how older women are essential to societies, the grandmother hypothesis with Kristen Hawkes

In 1989, a team of anthropologists studying Hadza hunter-gatherers in northern Tanzania noticed how hard one particular ... Read more

9 Sep 2019

57mins

Grandmas (Kristen Hawkes)

Grandmas (Kristen Hawkes)

Why is menopause a thing? Only three species really do it: short-finned pilot whales, killer whales and humans beings. I... Read more

23 Sep 2016

21mins

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CARTA: Birth to Grandmotherhood: Childrearing in Human Evolution – Kristen Hawkes: Grandmothers and the Extended Family

CARTA: Birth to Grandmotherhood: Childrearing in Human Evolution – Kristen Hawkes: Grandmothers and the Extended Family

Conjugal families are often assumed to be building blocks of human societies and the primary site of childrearing in tra... Read more

2 Apr 2015

20mins

CARTA: Birth to Grandmotherhood: Childrearing in Human Evolution – Kristen Hawkes: Grandmothers and the Extended Family

CARTA: Birth to Grandmotherhood: Childrearing in Human Evolution – Kristen Hawkes: Grandmothers and the Extended Family

Conjugal families are often assumed to be building blocks of human societies and the primary site of childrearing in tra... Read more

2 Apr 2015

20mins

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