| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 216 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Oxford biology |
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Oxford biology.
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| 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 |
| Summary |
Comparative analyses of the anatomy, reproductive physiology, and behaviour of extant primates and other mammals can offer important insights into the origins of human sexual behaviour, allowing us to reconstruct the origins of human mating systems, the evolution of sexual attractiveness, patterns of mate choice, and copulatory behaviour. Sexual Selection and the Origins of Human Mating Systems provides a modern synthesis of research on the evolution of human mating systems, bringing together work on reproductive physiology, behavioural biology, anthropology, primatology, palaeontology, evolut |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-208) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Sex.
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Sexual selection in animals.
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Human behavior.
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Human evolution.
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Childfree choice.
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Evolution (Biology)
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Physiology, Comparative.
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Psychology, Comparative.
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Sexual behavior in animals.
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Reproductive Behavior
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Biological Evolution
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Sexual Behavior
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Mating Preference, Animal
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Behavior
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Copulation
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Physiology, Comparative
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Psychology, Comparative
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Sexual Behavior, Animal
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Evolution
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sexuality.
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human behavior.
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evolution.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- General.
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Sexual behavior in animals
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Psychology, Comparative
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Physiology, Comparative
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Evolution (Biology)
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Childfree choice
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Human behavior
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Human evolution
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Sex
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Sexual selection in animals
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191569739 |
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0191569739 |
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1282328700 |
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9781282328709 |
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9786612328701 |
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6612328703 |
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