What this means, for these evolutionary psychologists, is that females invest more than males in nurturing their offspring since it is more costly for a female than a male to replace a child.
This recalls the cuckoo strategy wherein the female reduces its investment in its eggs and progeny making the host carry the burden of nurturing the offsprings.
"Every species creates an environment where it protects and nurtures its offspring.
Such innovations have altered the way we nurture our offspring, prepare our food, use our strength and establish cultures.
Mr. Houle, working 14 hours a day, seven days a week to nurture his offspring, believes he's up to the job.
She is pulled by three warring needs: to teach and nurture her offspring, to stoke the fire of her own intellect, and to transcribe six decades of issues of The Poodle Breeder for £5.50 an hour before tax so that they can eat.
When conditions seem favorable, the researchers suggest, men have the option of picking physically similar mates, whom they subconsciously deem dependable partners who will nurture their offspring.
They want the woman to be loving and kind, so she can nurture the offspring of this union into maturity.
For female driven mate choice, we tested the hypothesis that semelparous female worms choose a male upon the perceived capability of the male to nurture her offspring following her death after the spawning event.
