# Mothers vs Fathers, Emergence, Primate Parenting | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #72

An episode of [Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1782280922), 24 Jul 2025, 33 min.

Audio: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO8178288024.mp3

Episode 72 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include whether the mother or father is more evolutionarily dominant, why bottom-up emergence matters, and how other primates respond to offspring bullying. Captions available for translation. Social & Websites Question Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolsky Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky 00:00 Intro 00:23 Question 1 (Importance of mothers vs fathers) 00:12:04 Question 2 (Bottom-up Emergence) 00:23:08 Question 3 (Primate protective parenting)

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