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Huichin, unceded Ohlone land
Berkeley, California

Cover design and illustrations by Jasmine Hromjak
Book design by Happenstance Type-O-Rama

The Evolved Nest: Nature’s Way of Raising Children and Creating Connected Communities is sponsored and published by North Atlantic Books, an educational nonprofit based in the unceded Ohlone land Huichin (Berkeley, California) that collaborates with partners to develop cross-cultural perspectives; nurture holistic views of art, science, the humanities, and healing; and seed personal and global transformation by publishing work on the relationship of body, spirit, and nature.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Narváez, Darcia, author. | Bradshaw, G. A. (Gay A.), 1959- author.
Title: The evolved nest : nature’s way of raising children and creating
   connected communities / Darcia Narvaez, PhD and G.A. Bradshaw, PhD ;
   foreword by Gabor Maté.
Description: Berkeley, CA : North Atlantic Books, [2023] | Includes
   bibliographical references and index. | Summary: “A resource that
   reconnects us to lessons from the animal world and shows us how to
   restore wellness in our families, communities, and lives by exploring
   different animals’ parenting models”-- Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2022054753 (print) | LCCN 2022054754 (ebook) | ISBN
   9781623177676 (trade paperback) | ISBN 9781623177683 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Child rearing. | Human behavior. | Familial behavior in
   animals. | Animal behavior.
Classification: LCC HQ769 .N248 2023 (print) | LCC HQ769 (ebook) | DDC
   649/.1--dc23/eng/20230313
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022054753
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022054754