Sexual selection and the origins of human mating systems /

Sexual selection and the origins of human mating systems /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Dixson, Alan F.
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Description:	1 online resource (xi, 216 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Oxford biology Oxford biology.
Subject:	Sex. Sexual selection in animals. Human behavior. Human evolution. Reproductive Behavior. Biological Evolution. Physiology, Comparative. Psychology, Comparative. Sexual Behavior, Animal. Evolution Human behavior. Human evolution. Sex. Sexual selection in animals. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11282668

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ISBN:	9780191569739 0191569739 9780199559435 0199559430 9780199559428 0199559422 1282328700 9781282328709 9786612328701 6612328703
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-208) and index. English. Print version record.
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.
Other form:	Print version: Dixson, A.F. Sexual selection and the origins of human mating systems. 1st ed. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009 9780199559428
Standard no.:	9786612328701

Table of 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.