The evolutionary biology of human female sexuality / / Randy Thornhill and Steven W. Gangestad
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| Autore: |
Thornhill Randy
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| Titolo: |
The evolutionary biology of human female sexuality / / Randy Thornhill and Steven W. Gangestad
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (x, 411 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina: | 306.7082 |
| Soggetto topico: | Women - Sexual behavior |
| Evolution (Biology) | |
| Sex (Biology) | |
| Altri autori: |
GangestadSteven W
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| Note generali: | Formerly CIP. |
| Previously issued in print: 2008. | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-392) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Background and overview of the book -- Methodology -- Extended female sexuality -- The evolution of human mating systems and parental care -- Female ornaments and signaling -- The evolution of women's permanent ornaments -- Good genes and mate choice -- Estrus -- Women's estrus -- Women's estrus, pair-bonding, and extra-pair sex -- Concealed fertility -- Coevolutionary processes : men's counterstrategies and women's responses to them -- Reflections. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This title introduces a theoretical framework for understanding women's sexuality based on comparative female sexuality across all vertebrate animals. It shows that estrus is present in human females, contrary to earlier research. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The evolutionary biology of human female sexuality |
| ISBN: | 0-19-770094-2 |
| 0-19-988770-5 | |
| 1-281-82595-6 | |
| 9786611825959 | |
| 0-19-971249-2 | |
| 0-19-971248-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910808373703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
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