- Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature -
MATT RIDLEY
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2.00 Usd |
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Pages
| 369 p |
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2,018 KB |
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ISBN
| 0-06-055657-9 |
Copyright©
| 1993 by Matt Ridley |
MATT RIDLEY isthe author ofNature ViaNurture:Genes,Experience, andWhatMakesUsHuman;the critically acclaimednational bestsellerGenome:TheAutobiographyof a Species in 23Chapters;TheOrigins of Virtue:Human Instincts and the Evolution ofCooperation;and theNew YorkTimesNotable BookTheRedQueen:Sexand the EvolutionofHuman Nature.His books have been short-listedfor six literary awards, including the Los Angeles Times BookPrize. Formerly a scientist, journalist, and a national newspapercolumnist, he is a visiting professor at Cold Spring HarborLaboratory in New York and the chairman of the InternationalCentre for Life in Newcastle, England:
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ::: vii
Chapter 1:::HUMAN NATURE ::: I
Chapter2 :::THE•ENIGMA ::: 23
Chapter 3:::THE POWER OF PARASITES ::: 53
Chapter 4 :::GENETIC MUTINY AND GENDER ::: 89
Chapter 5:::THE PEACOCK'S TALE ::: 129
Chapter6 :::POLYGAMY AND THE NATURE OF MEN :::171
Chapter 7:::MONOGAMY AND THE NATURE OF WOMEN ::: 209
Chapter8 :::SEXING THE MIND ::: 245
Chapter9 :::THE USES OF BEAUTY ::: 277
Chapterto :::THE INTELLECTUAL CHESS GAME ::: 307
Epilogue :::THE SELF-DOMESTICATED APE ::: 345
Notes ::: 351
Bibliography ::: 369
Index ::: 395
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