Meredith F. Smaill is a professor of anthropology at Cornell University and the author of <i>Our Babies, Ourselves; What's Love Got to Do with It?</i>; and <i>Female Choices</i>. She writes frequently for <i>Natural History Magazine, Discover, Scientific American</i>, and is a commentator for National Public Radio's <i>All Things Considered</i>. She lives in Ithaca, New York.