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.
Author(s): Alan F. Dixson
Series: Oxford Biology
Edition: 1
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 232
Tags: Биологические дисциплины;Теория эволюции;
Contents......Page 10
List of Abbreviations......Page 12
1 A Glance at the Terrain......Page 14
2 Making Holes in the Dark......Page 38
3 Masculine Dimensions......Page 53
4 Cryptic Female Choices......Page 84
5 Copulatory Patterns......Page 95
6 The Oestrus That Never Was......Page 119
7 Human Sexual Dimorphism: Opposites Attract......Page 137
8 Adam’s Apple......Page 168
9 The Road to Truth......Page 181
Bibliography......Page 200
B......Page 222
E......Page 223
H......Page 224
M......Page 225
N......Page 226
P......Page 227
S......Page 228
Z......Page 229
