Randy Thornhill, Steven W. Gangestad

The Evolutionary Biology of Human Female Sexuality (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Research conducted in the last fifteen years has placed in question many of the traditional conclusions scholars have formed about human female sexuality. Though conventional wisdom asserts that women's estrus has been evolutionarily lost, Randy Thornhill and Steven W. Gangestad assert that it is present, though concealed. Women, they propose, therefore exhibit two sexualities each ovulatory cycle-estrus and sexuality outside of the estrous phase, extended sexuality-that possess distinct functions. Synthesizing research in behavioral evolution and comparative biology, the authors provide a new theoretical framework for understanding the evolution of human female sexuality, one that is rooted in female sexuality and phylogeny across all vertebrate animals.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. September 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780199887705
• Artikelnr.: 42508894

Autorenporträt

Randy Thornhill is Distinguished Professor of Biology at the University of New Mexico. Steven W. Gangestad is Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of New Mexico.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1. Background and Overview of the Book
Chapter 2. Methodology
Chapter 3. Extended Female Sexuality
Chapter 4. The Evolution of Human Mating Systems and Parental Care
Chapter 5. Female Ornaments and Signaling
Chapter 6. The Evolution of Women's Permanent Ornaments
Chapter 7. Good Genes and Mate Choice
Chapter 8. Estrus
Chapter 9. Women's Estrus
Chapter 10. Women's Estrus, Pair-Bonding, and Extra-Pair Sex
Chapter 11. Concealed Fertility
Chapter 12. Coevolutionary Processes: Men's Counter-Strategies and Women's Responses to Them
Chapter 13. Reflections