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The evolutionary biology of human female sexuality

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

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Additional authors
  1. Gangestad, Steven W.
Description
  1. x, 411 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Subject
  1. Women > Sexual behavior
  2. Evolution (Biology)
  3. Sex (Biology)
  4. Evolution
  5. Sexual Behavior > physiology
  6. Fertility > physiology
  7. Menstrual Cycle > physiology
  8. Sex Characteristics
Contents
  1. 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
  1. JFE 08-8082
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-392) and index.
Author
  1. Thornhill, Randy.
Title
  1. The evolutionary biology of human female sexuality / Randy Thornhill and Steven W. Gangestad.
Imprint
  1. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-392) and index.
Added author
  1. Gangestad, Steven W.
LCCN
  1. 2008002779
ISBN
  1. 9780195340983 (cloth : alk. paper)
  2. 0195340981 (cloth : alk. paper)
  3. 9780195340990 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  4. 019534099X (pbk. : alk. paper)
Research call number
  1. JFE 08-8082
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