Please note that index links to approximate location of each term.
Ablett, Jon, 115
accompaniment
definition of, 31
ecopsychosocial, 32
as essential element of the evolved nest, 156, 157
etymology of, 32
adiponectin, 53
Adverse Childhood Experiences studies, 142
affective neuroscience, 121–122
Ainsworth, Mary, 69
Ainu, 136
alarm resistance, 79
Algonquin Peoples, 30
allomothers/alloparents
definition of, xviii
evolved nest and, 157
examples of, 31, 37, 49, 67, 68, 157
allostasis, 75
amae, 102–103
ambivalent (anxious) attachment, 81, 82
Ancel, André, 66
ancestral context, xvii
Animals. See also individual animals
capitalization of names of, xvii–xviii
companion, 8
Native Peoples’ attitudes toward, 96–97
neurocapacities of, 115
psychological evolution of, 154
settler-colonizer attitude toward, 96
similarity of humans and, 1–2, 154
Ants, 162
appraisal, 122
arousal, 122
attachment theory, 69–70, 73–76, 79–83
autopoiesis, 145
Azores, 47
Baboons, 26
Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative, 58
Bakwin, Harry, 69
Bats, 114
care of young, 14–15, 17, 21–22, 24–25
claws of, 15
evolved nest of, 30
hibernation of, 15, 17, 23, 63
lactation in, 52
mating habits of, 23
size of, 13
Bears, Grizzly, 14, 57, 137, 138
dams and lodges built by, 87–89, 91
declining populations of, 95–96
emotions of, 90
sensory attunement of, 159
society and culture of, 90
stream morphology and, 87, 88, 97
as work-oriented species, 87
Belugas, 57
Bergman, Nils, 55
boarding school syndrome, 71
Bowlby, John, 69–71, 73–75, 80
Boyes, Mike, 135
brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), 86
brain development, 8–9, 17–18, 32–33, 53, 55, 86, 93, 94, 107, 115, 140–141
breastfeeding, 50–61. See also milk, mother’s
baby-initiated, 57
as essential element of the evolved nest, 155, 156
as extension of life in the womb, 50–51
immune system and, 53
promotion of, 58
brumation, 23
Buber, Martin, 22
Buffalo, African, 43
Burghardt, Gordon, 86
Cambridge Declaration of Consciousness, 113, 120, 154
capitalization, use of, xvii–xviii
Capybaras, 87
carers
enactivist, 34
initial, xviii
primary, xviii
supportive, xviii
Carter, C. Sue, 107
Chickens, 21
childbirth, medicalized, 8, 41
childcare. See also carers
changes in, 6–9, 27, 39–40, 42
in Nature-based cultures, 4, 9, 27
nonresponsive or inconsistent, 43, 78, 80–81
quality of, 19
responsive, 78–79, 156, 157–158
children
brain development of, 8–9, 17–18, 53, 55, 86, 93, 94, 107, 140–141
dyad of mother and, 19, 74, 76, 125
self-regulation and, 86–87, 93, 100, 103
sense of self and, 20
socioemotional development of, 123–125
temperature regulation and, 107
with unmet needs, 40
chromatophores, 119
companionship attachment, 69–70
companionship care
definition of, xviii
potency of, 36
variability of, by species, xviii
conation, 122
connected holism, 156, 158–162
contingent communication, 75
Cormac mac Airt, 136
Cows, 130
Crows, 115
Deloria, Vine, Jr., 5, 158, 161
despair, 79
disconnection, sense of, 162
disorganized attachment, 81, 82
dominant culture, xviii
Donaldson, O. Fred, 157
dopamine, 86
Earthcentric, definition of, xviii
Efé, 49
Elands, 137
care of young, 32, 34, 35–39, 40–41
food for, 137
in need, 50
nursing behavior of, 32
orphaned, 35–37, 40, 51–52, 71–72
society and culture of, 31, 32, 37–39
trauma and, 37, 44–45, 110, 149
tusklessness in, 110
violence toward, 31, 32, 44–45
Elk, 137
emotional intelligence, 127–130
empathy, 20, 21, 86, 125, 127, 128, 129, 141, 156, 161, 162
enactivist care, 34
environment of evolutionary adaptedness, 74
epigenetic changes, 19, 108–110
epinephrine, 108
Erikson, Erik, 102
estivation, 23
evolved nest. See also nestedness
as common system of Animals and humans, 2, 155
definition of, 2
epigenetic changes and, 108–109
essential elements of, 155–164
holding presence and, 164
moral development and, 141
exhaustion, 79
exterogestation, 18
familial terms, xix
Finch, Zebra, 77
First Nation Peoples, xix. See also Native Peoples
Foster, Craig, 129
gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), 78
Goldfarb, William, 69
Gopnik, Alison, 9
Greenspan, Stanley, 126
Greenway, Christine, 61
gut-brain axis, 76
Haber, Gordon, 136, 138, 139, 140, 142, 150, 158
Hawking, Stephen, 113
healing practices, 156, 162–164
Hewlett, Barry, 4
hospitalism, 69
humans
evolved nest of, 18, 155, 164–165
relationship of, to Nature, xix, 4–7, 158–159
similarity of Animals and, 1–2, 154
Huxley, Julian, 73
hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, 107
Indigenous. See also Native Peoples
usage of, xix
insecure attachment, 79, 80–82
instrumental conditioning, 123
intelligence
pragmatic, 20
interpersonal neurobiology, 77–78
iridophores, 119
Janet, Pierre, 69
Jarvis, Erich, 113
Jensen, Derrick, 97
Kangaroo Mother Care movement, 55
Kangaroos, Red, 52
Konner, Melvin, 4
Kreit, Eric, 118
Krystal, Henry, 38
Lamb, Michael, 4
Lawrence, D. H., 51
Leach, Penelope, 59
Lee, Richard B., 4
left-cradling, 56–57, 77–78, 125
Leopards, 43
leucophores, 119
Liedloff, Jean, 2–5, 8, 10, 93
limbic regulation, 76
Lorenz, Konrad, 73
Maté, Rae, 27
Maturana, Humberto, 7, 43, 145
McIntyre, Rick, 137
McKenna, James, 56
Mead, Margaret, 4
methylation, 108
Mice, 114
milk, mother’s
Mills, Enos, 92
Mitchell, Joni, 97
Mitchell, Sherri, 10
mobilization, 79
Monkeys, 114
Montagu, Ashley, 18, 59, 102, 106
Moose, 133, 137–138, 146, 147, 158
moral commitment, 134–136, 139
mothers
dyad of child and, 19, 74, 76, 125
role of, 18
Murie, Adolph, 138
Native Peoples. See also individual peoples
attitudes of, toward Animals, 96–97
definition of, xix
displacement of, xix
Nature
alienation from, 163
-based cultures, xviii, 4–6, 9, 135, 139, 158, 161
gift economy of, 4, 6, 25, 154
immersion in, 156, 158–159, 164
relationship of humans to, xix, 4–7, 158–159
nestedness. See also evolved nest
common principles of, xviii
definition of, xviii
Neufeld, Gordon, 142
Nhat Hanh, Thich, 22
nomadic foraging communities, xix
care of young, 128
consciousness and, 130
emotional intelligence of, 127–129
emotions of, 120
evolution of, 130
as medical research subjects, 129–130
Ohlone, 138
operant conditioning, 123
orphans, 17, 26, 35–37, 40, 51–52, 71–72, 107, 162
pariad, 64
brains of, 115
coloration of, 100
size of, 100
touch and, 100
passive avoidance, 79
Payne, Katy, 49
Penguins, Adélie, 65
care of young, 65, 66–69, 74, 77
communication by, 67
evolved nest of, 67, 68–69, 155
feathers of, 101
food for, 66
sense of self and, 144
Penguins, Gentoo, 65
photophores, 119
Planaria, 130
Plato, 95
play, free
benefits of, 86–87, 93–95, 144
brain development and, 86, 93, 94
characteristics of, 86
as essential element of the evolved nest, 156, 157
marginalization of, in Western society, 92–93, 95
pervasiveness of, 86
universalism of, 93
Porpoises, 48
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), 45, 110, 149
potential, growing full, 159–160
pragmatic intelligence, 20
precocial-altricial spectrum, 21
primary maternal preoccupation, 103
primary-process psychological experiences, 123, 124
prolactin, 56
pronouns, usage of, xix
Pumas, 127
Rabbits, 162
Rats, 130
Rattlesnakes, 99
relational trauma, 72
Rhinoceroses, 43–44, 52, 72, 110
Ribble, Margaret, 104
Russell, Charlie, 14–15, 17, 22, 24–25, 26, 30, 138, 159, 163
Salmon, 15–16, 22, 25, 50, 57, 128
San People, 163
Schelling, F. W. J., 159
Schwab, Gerhard, 96
science
definition of, xix
Native, xx
Seals, Harbor, 52
secondary-process psychological experiences, 123, 124
self
autobiographical, 143
core, 143
false, 146
minimal, 143
proto-, 143
self-regulation, 86–87, 93, 100, 103, 127, 129
serotonin, 54
settler-colonizer culture, xx, 39–40, 96, 103–104, 135
Shanker, Stuart, 126
Sheldrick, Daphne, 35, 40, 51, 52
Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, 35, 37, 40, 51, 71–72
Silverfish, Antarctic, 66
social engagement ethic, 134–135, 141
socioemotional development, 123–125
Spitz, René, 69
Squids, 48, 49, 66, 68, 118, 128
Squirrels, Ground, 23
Standing Bear, Chief Luther, 96–97, 104, 153–154
symbolic thought, 126
sympoiesis, 145
sympoietic entanglement, 145
temperature regulation, 107
Tennyson, Alfred, 95
tertiary-process psychological experiences, 123–124
Thomas, Elizabeth Marshall, 5
Thorndike, Edward, 127
Tinbergen, Niko, 73
touch
benefits of, 21, 99–100, 102–108, 111
epigenetic changes and, 108–109
as essential element of the evolved nest, 155, 156–157
in Nature-based cultures, 104
pervasiveness of, 103
prenatal, 105
in settler-colonizer culture, 103–104
Trask, Haunani-Kay, 4
trauma
from childhood, 142
disconnection and, 162
effects of, 41, 44–45, 109–110, 142, 148–149
intergenerational, 149
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), 45, 110, 149
relational, 72
tribal people, xix. See also Native Peoples
tryptophan, 54
Turkeys, 21
UNICEF, 58
Varela, Francisco, 145
Watkins, Mary, 32
Weilgart, Linda, 49
Western/Westernized, definition of, xx
Whales, Blue, 48
Whales, Humpback, 57
birthing waters of, 48
evolved nest of, 2
nursing behavior of, 49, 51–52
scientific classification of, 48
size of, 48
Whitehead, Hal, 49
Winnicott, D. W., 103
Wolves, 133–134, 136–140, 144–150
care of young, 138, 139–140, 142, 144–148
dens of, 139
emotions and, 136
food for, 137
human cultures and, 136
society and culture of, 136, 137–140, 149–150
World Health Organization (WHO), 57, 58, 70
Yellowstone National Park, 137, 138–139, 148–149
Yunkaporta, Tyson, 72