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...growing inside her. Even the woman's official husband accepts this, and any possible father is welcome to assist--discreetly--in providing care for the child. Research by anthropologist Steve Beckerman and his team suggests that the optimal number of fathers is two, with 80% of children in the Bari tribe of Venezuela who have two male providers surviving to 15, compared with 64% among those with only one. Few modern fathers would like such an arrangement, but they hardly need to. Given the right combination of chemistry and culture, good fathering is a varied and highly sustainable resource...
...Staff writer Bari M. Schwartz can be reached at bschwart@fas.harvard.edu...
...Staff writer Bari M. Schwartz can be reached at bschwart@fas.harvard.edu...
...Staff writer Bari M. Schwartz can be reached at bschwart@fas.harvard.edu...
...BARI M. SCHWARTZ ’07 of Bendford Hills, N.Y. and Mather House Senior Editor...