Download or read book The Tending Instinct written by Shelley E. Taylor and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2003-05 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ranging widely over biology, evolutionary psychology, physiology, and neuroscience, "The Tending Instinct" examines the biological imperative that drives women to seek each other's company and to tend to the young and the infirm, bestowing great benefits to the group but often at great cost to themselves.