Sex, Evolution and Behavior
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Book Overview
This text provides an elementary level discussion of recent theory relating to the evolutionary and adaptive aspects of reproductive behaviour. The relation between ultimate and proximate levels of explanation is the major theme of the book. Two new chapters in this edition incorporate findings from recent research and there is also new material on humans, physiology, and development. Sex and reproductive behaviour are examined from an evolutionary comparative perspective and numerous empirical studies and examples are cited.
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0871507676
ISBN13:9780871507679
Release Date:January 1983
Publisher:Thomson Brooks/Cole
Length:416 Pages
Weight:1.40 lbs.
Customer Reviews
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Essential for sexual selection understanding
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
It's a essential book guide to start the study and discussion on sexual selection and sex evolution. I highly recommend, specially for animal and human behavior college students. Very useful textbook!
How much of your behavior is ruled by sexual evolution?
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
I read this book in a college class. Mind you, I didn't read most of my college books, but I couldn't put this one down. It gives a clear, intelligent, remarkably well-documented, fascinating description of how sex evolved and how that evolution effects the behavior of everything from bacteria to modern social humans.This book is very accessible to any reasonably educated reader, regardless of your knowledge of evolutionary biology. And each idea is punctuated with a fascinating example taken from nature.Why do lightning bugs flash, and what controls the pattern to their flashing? Why are there two sexes? Why is a red sports car sexy? You'll learn the (evolutionary biology) answers to these and countless other intriguing questions. This book is a great lesson in evolution and a revealing investigation of why aniamls do the things they do, from an African hamster to... you.
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