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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hrdy, Sarah Blaffer, 1946- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, ©1999.
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.