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Why Is Sex Fun?
The Evolution of Human Sexuality
Series: SCIENCE MASTERS
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Ideal for readers interested in evolutionary biology, human sexuality, and anthropology. Also suited to those curious about the scientific explanations behind human behaviour and relationships.
A fascinating insight into how human sexuality came to be the way it is now - Jared Diamond explains why we are different from the animal kingdom.
A fascinating insight into how human sexuality came to be the way it is now - Jared Diamond explains why we are different from the animal kingdom.
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A fascinating insight into how human sexuality came to be the way it is now — Jared Diamond explains why we are different from the animal kingdom.
Why are humans one of the few species to have sex in private? Why do humans have sex any day of the month or year, including when the female is pregnant, beyond her reproductive years, or between her fertile cycles? Why are human females one of the few mammals to go through menopause?
Human sexuality seems normal to us but it is bizarre by the standards of other animals. Jared Diamond argues that our strange sex lives were as crucial to our rise to human status as were our large brains. He also describes the battle of the sexes in the human and animal world over parental care, and why sex differences in the genetic value of parental care provide a biological basis for the all-too-familiar different attitudes of men and women towards extramarital sex.
Why Is Sex Fun? offers a compelling exploration into these questions, blending scientific inquiry with accessible writing to engage readers interested in the evolutionary and biological aspects of human sexuality.
Series: SCIENCE MASTERS
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Praised as the finest evolutionary biology essayist, Jared Diamond is lauded for his originality and authority. This book is hailed as the best on the subject, offering a lively and fascinating exploration of human sexual behaviour.
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ISBN: 9781780226880
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 05 March 2015
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 18.0mm
Width: 132.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 199g
Pages: 224
About the Author
Jared Diamond is Professor of Geography and Environmental Health Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, he has won the BRITISH RHONE-POULENC SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE for both his previous books: in 1992 for The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee and in 1998 for Guns, Germs and Steel: A Short History of Everybody for the Last 13,000 Years; which also won the PULITZER PRIZE.
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