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January 20, 2026

The Gender Bias in Biology: How Sarah Hrdy Rewrote Human Nature

Sarah Blaffer Hrdy reflects on a career that exposed how gendered assumptions distorted evolutionary science and shows how taking mothers, infants, and female strategies seriously reshapes our understanding of human nature.
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