# Sarah Blaffer Hrdy

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Go To on Whether We're Still Human if Robots Raise our Babies

Babies attach to whoever responds to them—mother, father, grandmother, or machine. Kelly shares anthropologist Sarah Blaffer Hrdy's TED talk about what makes humans fundamentally different from other apes: we're "other-regarding," wired to care about what others think and feel. Through 6 million ye…

Ep. 40: Darby Saxbe on Fatherhood, Alloparenting, and What Really Drives Birth Rates

Lura Forcum and Lauren Hall host an episode of We Made This Political featuring clinical psychologist and USC professor Darby Saxbe, whose research focuses on the transition to parenthood, fathers’ roles, and how family relationships shape mental and physical health. The conversation covers allopar…

How do I find rhythm in a life that keeps changing? (a Q&A podcast)

Our world's changing quickly, shimmering around the edges as it gallops into entirely new terrain. In celebration of this lunar new year—and the Year of the Firehorse—I decided to open the mail bag for this week’s podcast and respond to your questions… Questions that felt alive, honest, and right o…

The DADventure: Wild Animal Dads from Owl Monkeys to Seahorses

What does it really mean to be a dad? In the animal world, fathers have long been painted as aggressive or absent. At best providers and protectors, but certainly not caregivers. And yet for every tale of a lion or chimp dad eating its own young (yikes!), there’s another creature who tells a sweete…

Bonus: Wild Animal Dads from Terrestrials

In honor of Father's Day, here is a family friendly bonus episode from our kids' podcast Terrestrials.  What does it really mean to be a dad? In the animal world, fathers have long been painted as aggressive or absent. At best providers and protectors, but certainly not caregivers. And yet for eve…

Disability, dependency, and care - with Eva Feder Kittay

How can we ensure that the drive for gender equality acknowledges relationships of dependency and care? What kinds of social policies are needed to ensure that caregivers are properly supported and cared for? What can the experiences of people with disabilities teach us about what constitutes a 'go…

Ep. 12 - The Grandmother Hypothesis (with Alison Gopnik)

Most species don't have grandparents. Humans do. Why? In this final episode of season one, developmental psychologist Alison Gopnik explores a strange feature of human evolution, and what it reveals about childhood, caregiving, and why raising children was never meant to be a job for parents alone.…

11 – Neoteny – How Childhood Constituted Humanity

An exploration of humanity’s childward trajectory in deep time. Topics covered: neoteny and pedomorphosis; axolotls, metamorphosis, and thyroid hormones; human craniofacial evolution; chimpanzees, bonobos, play, social tolerance, and cooperation; Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, infant social cognition, adult …

Are we still human if robots help raise our babies? | Sarah Blaffer Hrdy (Kelly Corrigan takeover)

AI is transforming the way we work — could it also reshape what makes us human? In this quick and insightful talk, evolutionary anthropologist Sarah Blaffer Hrdy explores how the human brain was shaped by millions of years of shared childcare and mutually supportive communities, asking a provocativ…

Are we still human if robots help raise our babies? | Sarah Blaffer Hrdy (Kelly Corrigan takeover)

AI is transforming the way we work — could it also reshape what makes us human? In this quick and insightful talk, evolutionary anthropologist Sarah Blaffer Hrdy explores how the human brain was shaped by millions of years of shared childcare and mutually supportive communities, asking a provocativ…