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The Evolutionary Biology of Human Female Sexuality

By Randy Thornhill , Steven W. Gangestad

Book information

Year
2008
ISBN
019534099X, 9780195340990, 0195340981, 9780195340983
LCC
HQ29 .T46 2008
Open Library ID
OL16474540M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3060873 bytes)
Pages
422\422
Topic
Biology Biophysics
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

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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