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The evolutionary biology of human female sexuality

Title
The evolutionary biology of human female sexuality / Randy Thornhill and Steven W. Gangestad.
Author
Thornhill, Randy.
Publication
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

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Additional Authors
Gangestad, Steven W.
Description
x, 411 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Women > Sexual behavior
  • Evolution (Biology)
  • Sex (Biology)
  • Evolution
  • Sexual Behavior > physiology
  • Fertility > physiology
  • Menstrual Cycle > physiology
  • Sex Characteristics
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-392) and index.
Contents
Background and overview of the book -- Methodology -- Extended female sexuality -- The evolution of human mating systems and parental care -- Female ornaments and signaling -- The evolution of women's permanent ornaments -- Good genes and mate choice -- Estrus -- Women's estrus -- Women's estrus, pair-bonding, and extra-pair sex -- Concealed fertility -- Coevolutionary processes : men's counterstrategies and women's responses to them -- Reflections.
Call Number
JFE 08-8082
ISBN
  • 9780195340983 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0195340981 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780195340990 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 019534099X (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2008002779
OCLC
  • 191127507
  • vendor 2008002779
Author
Thornhill, Randy.
Title
The evolutionary biology of human female sexuality / Randy Thornhill and Steven W. Gangestad.
Imprint
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-392) and index.
Added Author
Gangestad, Steven W.
Research Call Number
JFE 08-8082
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