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RAISING DARWIN'S CONSCIOUSNESS: FEMALES AND EVOLUTIONARY THEORY
Author(s) -
Hrdy Sarah Blafler
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
zygon®
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1467-9744
pISSN - 0591-2385
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9744.1990.tb00875.x
Subject(s) - primatology , raising (metalworking) , darwin (adl) , consciousness , ideology , psychology , sociology , epistemology , social psychology , anthropology , philosophy , political science , computer science , geometry , mathematics , software engineering , politics , law
Early studies of primate social behavior were distorted by observational, methodological, and ideological biases that caused researchers to overlook active roles played by females in the social lives of monkeys. Primatology provides a particularly well documented case illustrating why research programs in the social and natural sciences need multiple studies that enlist researchers from diverse backgrounds