Maurice Godelier

(noun)

An anthropologist who studies the differences in fatherhood between humans and apes.

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Examples of Maurice Godelier in the following topics:

  • The Absent Father and Serial Fatherhood

    • According to the anthropologist Maurice Godelier, the parental role assumed by human males is a critical difference between human society and that of humans' closest biological relatives—chimpanzees and bonobos—who appear to be unaware of their "father" connection.