The woman that never evolved : with a new preface and bibliographical updates /
What does it mean to be female? Sarah Blaffer Hrdy - a sociobiologist and a feminist - believes that evolutionary biology can provide some surprising answers. Surprising to those feminists who mistakenly think that biology can only work against women. And surprising to those biologists who incorrect...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
©1999.
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Edición: | Revised edition. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface, 1999 : On raising Darwin's consciousness
- 1. Some women that never evolved
- 2. An initial inequality
- 3. Monogamous primates : A special case
- 4. A climate for dominant females
- 5. The pros and cons of males
- 6. Competition and bonding among females
- 7. The primate origins of female sexuality
- 8. A disputed legacy
- Afterword
- Taxonomy of the primate order
- Notes
- Bibliographical updates, 1999
- Index.