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 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, evolutionary psychology, and sexological research. The approach taken is genuinely cross-disciplinary in scope, and provides a fascinating account of the effects of sexual selection upon human evolution in the light of the latest advances in the field.

ISBN	0199559430	Pages	232
ISBN13	9780199559435 (What's this?)	Volumes	1
Publisher	Oxford University Press	Weight (grammes)	511
Imprint	Oxford University Press	Published in	Oxford
Format	Paperback	Height (mm)	244
Publication date	14 May 2009	Width (mm)	190
Library of Congress	2009016655	Spine width (mm)	11
DEWEY	599.93	Academic level	Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly
DEWEY edition	DC22

	List of Abbreviations
1	A Glance at the Terrain	1
2	Making Holes in the Dark	25
3	Masculine Dimensions	40
4	Cryptic Female Choices	71
5	Copulatory Patterns	82
6	The Oestrus That Never Was	106
7	Human Sexual Dimorphism: Opposites Attract	124
8	Adam's Apple	155
9	The Road to Truth	168
	Bibliography	187
	Index	209

Provides an invaluable analysis of cross-species research. Primate Eye

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