“Mothers really were not built to raise babies not only by themselves, but with only a partner. For millions of years, a woman had much more than just her husband to help rear her young... This whole idea of 'it takes a village to raise a child' is exactly how we're supposed to live.”

American anthropologist, human behavior researcher, and self-help author

Helen Elizabeth Fisher was an American anthropologist, human behavior researcher, and self-help author. She was active in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, and is known for her work on human behavior and relationships. Fisher was a biological anthropologist and served as a senior research fellow at The Kinsey Institute of Indiana University. She was also a member of the Center for Human Evolutionary Studies in Rutgers University’s Department of Anthropology. Before that, she worked as a research associate at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.