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Lucy's legacy : sex and intelligence in human evolution

Title
Lucy's legacy : sex and intelligence in human evolution / Alison Jolly.
Author
Jolly, Alison.
Publication
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1999.

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Description
518 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
Subject
  • Human evolution
  • Social evolution
  • Women > Evolution
  • Intellect
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 462-499) and index.
Contents
The evolution of purpose -- Life, sex, and cooperation -- Sex: why bother? -- Courtship and choice -- Calculating love -- Women in the wild -- Lemurs, monkeys, apes -- Human apes -- Apish intelligence -- Organic wholes -- A gendered body -- Instinct, learning, and fate -- Thinking -- Speaking adaptively -- Are babies human? -- Feet first, brains later -- Demanding control -- The global organism.
Call Number
JFE 00-863
ISBN
  • 0674000692
  • 0679000692 (alk. paper) (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
99032252
OCLC
41528382
Author
Jolly, Alison.
Title
Lucy's legacy : sex and intelligence in human evolution / Alison Jolly.
Imprint
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1999.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 462-499) and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 00-863
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