Sexual selection and the origins of human mating systems / Alan F. Dixson
- Author
- Dixson, Alan F.
- Published
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xi, 216 pages) : illustrations
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- Series
- Language Note
- English.
- 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.
- Subject(s)
- Sex
- Sexual selection in animals
- Human behavior
- Human evolution
- Childfree choice
- Evolution (Biology)
- Physiology, Comparative
- Psychology, Comparative
- Sexual behavior in animals
- Reproductive Behavior
- Biological Evolution
- Sexual Behavior
- Mating Preference, Animal
- Behavior
- Copulation
- Sexual Behavior, Animal
- Evolution
- Sexualité
- Sélection sexuelle chez les animaux
- Comportement humain
- Êtres humains—Évolution
- Infécondité volontaire
- Évolution (Biologie)
- Physiologie comparée
- Psychologie comparée
- Comportement sexuel chez les animaux
- Sexuality
- SCIENCE—Life Sciences—Zoology—General
- ISBN
- 9780191569739 (electronic bk.)
0191569739 (electronic bk.)
1282328700
9781282328709
9786612328701
6612328703
9780199559435 (pbk.)
0199559430 (pbk.)
9780199559428 (hardback)
0199559422 (hardback) - Digital File Characteristics
- data file
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-208) and index.
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