okay then thank you so much abigail tucker.hank you everyone for coming and thank you very much to books on common for sponsoring this program. her next program will be august august 11 and veterinarians melissa shapiro talks about a dog named david who is poor and deaf and blind and has for millions to graham followers. i wish that i had copy of the book to hold up and i do not guess i just started its library but you can purchase abigail's book mom jeans from books on common. thank you so much abigail. that was really interesting. >> thank booktv.org. >> first of all i'm delighted as always to say thanks to the national archives staff and the acknowledgments of the "the man who hated

and with abigail tucker personal experience to have a delightful if everybody could put in the q&a we will go over them and welcome. >> thank you for having me. >> thank you to everybody joining us tonight interested in all sorts of subjects but especially fascinated by the science of domestic life and what you might call the mystery of the familiar. my first book called the line in the living room and the changes that underwent that ultimately help conquer the world my new book talks about for starters that they key physical characteristics that scientist actually take the time and trouble to study this is called the baby release or the scientific literature may include big guys a snub nose to pass accidental but a striking resemblance is likely one reason they were able to take over the world without giving humanity too much in return you could almost say that by so strikingly resembling human babies they are praying on our maternal instincts the other thing is to under have those changes over those 10000 years as they became domesticated which help them lose their fear of humans an

okay then thank you so much abigail tucker. and thank you everyone for coming and thank you very much to books on common for sponsoring this program. her next program will be august august 11 and veterinarians melissa shapiro talks about a dog named david who is poor and deaf and blind and has for millions to graham followers. i wish that i had copy of the book to hold up and i do not guess i just started its library but you can purchase abigail's book you can purchase this book "mom genes" from books on the common. thank you so much, abigail. that was really interesting. >> thank you. >> good night. >> good night. >> weekends on c-span2 are an intellectual feast. every saturday american history tv document america's stories and on sundays booktv brings you the latest in nonfiction books and authors. .. charter is connecting us. >> charter communications along with these television comedy support c-span2 is a public service.

like to thank our sponsor books >> now gives me great pleasure to announce the introduction of abigail tucker, the author of inside the new science of our ancient maternal instinct. she's a journalist, young mother and best-selling author and a graduate of richfield "high school at harvard college. she works for smithsonian magazine and her new title "mom genes" is about the psychology of motherhood. it's part memoir, "mom genes" lends the latest latest research with abigail's experiences to create an often poignant portrait of motherhood. if everybody could wait and put your presence in the q&a we will go over them at the end.welcome, abby. >> thank you for having g me. thank you to the richfield library and for everybody joining ustonight . i'm a journalist in all kinds of subjects but i'm especially fascinated by the science of domestic life and by what you might call the mystery of the familiar. my first book of a line in the living room was out domestication over 10,000 years and thus changes that ultimately helped uncover the world. my new book is called "mom genes", inside the new scie

es a great pleasure to announce the introduction of abigail tucker inside the new science of her ancient internal instinct. a young mother in new york best selling -- "new york times" best selling author and a graduate of harvard college. she writes she now writes for smithsonian magazine. her new title "mom genes" was just published by simon & schuster and expose the biology and psychology of motherhood. part scientific odyssey and part

like to thank our sponsor books >> now gives me great pleasure to announce the introduction of abigail tucker, the author of inside the new science of our ancient maternal instinct. she's a journalist, young mother and best-selling author and a graduate of richfield "