Female infidelity and paternal uncertainty : evolutionary perspectives on male anti-cuckoldry tactics /

Because paternal certainty is asymmetrical, males have evolved a number of anti-cuckoldry strategies to deal with the possibility of raising an offspring they unknowingly did not sire. Female Infidelity and Paternal Uncertainty: Evolutionary Perspectives on Male Anti-cuckoldry Tactics addresses thes...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Platek, Steven M., Shackelford, Todd K. (Todd Kennedy), 1971-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Subjects:
Sexual behavior in animals.
Paternity.
Adultery.
Adaptation (Biology)
Psychology, Comparative.
Extramarital Relations
Paternity
Adaptation, Biological
Psychology, Comparative
Sexual Behavior, Animal
Sexual Behavior
Comportement sexuel chez les animaux.
Filiation.
Adultère.
Adaptation (Biologie)
Psychologie comparée.
adultery.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > General.
Adultery
Sexual behavior in animals
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction to theory and research on anti-cuckoldry tactics: overview of current volume; 2 Coevolution of paternal investment and cuckoldry in humans; 3 Evidence for adaptations for female extra-pair mating in humans: thoughts on current status and future directions; 4 Predicting violence against women from men's mate-retention behaviors; 5 Sexual coercion and forced in-pair copulation as anti-cuckoldry tactics in humans; 6 Sperm competition and its evolutionary consequences in humans.

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