ISBN:
9780191569739
,
0199559430
,
0199559422
,
9780199559435
,
9780199559428
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (229 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Dixson, Alan F. Sexual selection and the origins of human mating systems
DDC:
591.562
Keywords:
Sex
;
Sexual selection in animals
;
Human behavior
;
Human evolution
;
Evolution
;
Physiology, Comparative
;
Psychology, Comparative
;
Sexual Behavior, Animal
;
Reproductive Behavior
;
Human behavior
;
Human evolution
;
Sex
;
Sexual selection in animals
;
Electronic books
;
Sexuelle Selektion
;
Hominisation
;
Partnerwahl
Abstract:
This book demonstrates how detailed comparative analyses of the anatomy, reproductive physiology, and behaviour of non-human primates and other mammals can offer profound insights into the origins of human sexual behaviour.
Abstract:
Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 A Glance at the Terrain -- 2 Making Holes in the Dark -- 3 Masculine Dimensions -- 4 Cryptic Female Choices -- 5 Copulatory Patterns -- 6 The Oestrus That Never Was -- 7 Human Sexual Dimorphism: Opposites Attract -- 8 Adam's Apple -- 9 The Road to Truth -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; List of Abbreviations; 1 A Glance at the Terrain; 2 Making Holes in the Dark; 3 Masculine Dimensions; 4 Cryptic Female Choices; 5 Copulatory Patterns; 6 The Oestrus That Never Was; 7 Human Sexual Dimorphism: Opposites Attract; 8 Adam's Apple; 9 The Road to Truth; Bibliography; Index
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