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Sexual selection and the origins of human mating systems /

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 o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dixson, Alan F.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Oxford biology.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 216 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-208) and index.
ISBN:9780191569739
0191569739
1282328700
9781282328709
9786612328701
6612328703