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Why Sex Matters: A Darwinian Look at Human Behavior - Revised Edition
Bobbi S. Low
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Description for Why Sex Matters: A Darwinian Look at Human Behavior - Revised Edition
Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages, 8 halftones. 21 line illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: PSAJ; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 608.
Why are men, like other primate males, usually the aggressors and risk takers? Why do women typically have fewer sexual partners? In Why Sex Matters, Bobbi Low ranges from ancient Rome to modern America, from the Amazon to the Arctic, and from single-celled organisms to international politics, to show that these and many other questions about human behavior largely come down to evolution and sex. More precisely, as she shows in this uniquely comprehensive and accessible survey of behavioral and evolutionary ecology, they come down to the basic principle that all organisms evolved to maximize their reproductive success and seek ... Read more
Why are men, like other primate males, usually the aggressors and risk takers? Why do women typically have fewer sexual partners? In Why Sex Matters, Bobbi Low ranges from ancient Rome to modern America, from the Amazon to the Arctic, and from single-celled organisms to international politics, to show that these and many other questions about human behavior largely come down to evolution and sex. More precisely, as she shows in this uniquely comprehensive and accessible survey of behavioral and evolutionary ecology, they come down to the basic principle that all organisms evolved to maximize their reproductive success and seek ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691163888
SKU
V9780691163888
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About Bobbi S. Low
Bobbi S. Low is professor of conservation ecology at the School of Natural Resources and Environment at the University of Michigan, where she is also a faculty associate at several centers within the Institute for Social Research. She is coauthor of An Introduction to Methods and Models in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology, among other books, and is the recipient ... Read more
Reviews for Why Sex Matters: A Darwinian Look at Human Behavior - Revised Edition
"Low marshals a compelling array of Darwinian arguments to bolster the importance of biological sex in everyday human interaction...The breadth of materials which Low musters to support her argument plumbs every nook and cranny of human and animal existence...Her analysis remains readable and provocative to the end."
Kirkus Reviews "A useful survey of what is known about behavioral sex differences in ... Read more
Kirkus Reviews "A useful survey of what is known about behavioral sex differences in ... Read more