Sexual selection and the origins of human mating systems / Alan F. Dixson.

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Dixson, Alan F

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TextSeries: Oxford biologyPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (xi, 216 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780191569739
0191569739
1282328700
9781282328709
9786612328701
6612328703

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Sexual selection and the origins of human mating systems.DDC classification:

591.56/2 22

LOC classification:

GN484.3 .D59 2009eb

NLM classification:

2009 J-043
GN 484.3

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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.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-208) and index.

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.