The evolutionary biology of human female sexuality [[electronic resource] /] / Randy Thornhill and Steven W. Gangestad

• Autore: Thornhill Randy
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008
• 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
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• 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: Research conducted in the last fifteen years has placed in question many of the traditional conclusions scholars have formed about human female sexuality. Though conventional wisdom asserts that women's estrus has been evolutionarily lost, Randy Thornhill and Steven W. Gangestad assert that it is present, though concealed. Women, they propose, therefore exhibit two sexualities each ovulatory cycle-estrus and sexuality outside of the estrous phase, extended sexuality-that possess distinct functions. Synthesizing research in behavioral evolution and comparative biology, the authors provide a new
• 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