Evolution and Human Sexual Behavior
- ISBN-10
- 0674074394
- ISBN-13
- 9780674074392
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 376
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-04-01
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Author
- Peter B. Gray
Description
A comprehensive survey of the evolutionary science of human sexual behavior, Evolution and Human Sexual Behavior invites us to imagine human sex from the vantage point of our primate cousins, in order to underscore the role of evolution in shaping all that happens, biologically and behaviorally, when romantic passions are aroused.
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