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The evolutionary biology of human female sexuality / Randy Thornhill and Steven W. Gangestad.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thornhill, Randy, author.
- Gangestad, Steven W., author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Sexual behavior.
- Women.
- Evolution (Biology).
- Sex (Biology).
- Biological Evolution.
- Sexual Behavior--physiology.
- Fertility--physiology.
- Menstrual Cycle--physiology.
- Sex Characteristics.
- Medical Subjects:
- Biological Evolution.
- Sexual Behavior--physiology.
- Fertility--physiology.
- Menstrual Cycle--physiology.
- Sex Characteristics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 411 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Summary:
- This title introduces a theoretical framework for understanding women's sexuality based on comparative female sexuality across all vertebrate animals. It shows that estrus is present in human females, contrary to earlier research.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Formerly CIP.
- Previously issued in print: 2008.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-392) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-770094-2
- 0-19-988770-5
- 1-281-82595-6
- 9786611825959
- 0-19-971249-2
- 0-19-971248-4
- OCLC:
- 265732721
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