02864nam 2200685 a 450 991077856540332120230721023103.01-383-04592-51-282-32870-097866123287010-19-156973-9(CKB)1000000000807858(EBL)472244(OCoLC)519654063(SSID)ssj0000342837(PQKBManifestationID)11252506(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000342837(PQKBWorkID)10288159(PQKB)10064044(Au-PeEL)EBL472244(CaPaEBR)ebr10346519(Au-PeEL)EBL4963548(CaONFJC)MIL232870(MiAaPQ)EBC472244(EXLCZ)99100000000080785820090423d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrSexual selection and the origins of human mating systems[electronic resource] /Alan F. Dixson1st ed.Oxford ;New York Oxford University Press20091 online resource (229 p.)Oxford biologyDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-955943-0 0-19-955942-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-208) and index.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; IndexComparative 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, evolutOxford biology.SexSexual selection in animalsHuman behaviorHuman evolutionSex.Sexual selection in animals.Human behavior.Human evolution.591.56/2Dixson A. F1518737MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778565403321Sexual selection and the origins of human mating systems3756470UNINA