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Sexual selection and the origins of human mating systems [[electronic resource] /] / Alan F. Dixson



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Autore: Dixson A. F Visualizza persona
Titolo: Sexual selection and the origins of human mating systems [[electronic resource] /] / Alan F. Dixson Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (229 p.)
Disciplina: 591.56/2
Soggetto topico: Sex
Sexual selection in animals
Human behavior
Human evolution
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-208) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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
Sommario/riassunto: 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
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ISBN: 1-383-04592-5
1-282-32870-0
9786612328701
0-19-156973-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910817480203321
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Serie: Oxford biology.