About this title: To us humans the sex lives of many animals seem weird. In fact, by comparison with all the other animals, we are the ones with the weird sex lives. How did that come to be?Just count our bizarre ways. We are the only social species to insist on carrying out sex privately. Stranger yet, we have sex at any time, even when the female cant be fertilized (for example, because she is already pregnant, post-menopausal, or between fertile cycles). A human female doesnt know her precise time of fertility and certainly doesnt advertise it to human males by the striking color changes, smells, and ...
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780297817758ISBN:0297817752
Description: New in New jacket. 0297817752 Dust jacket condition: New. In this speculative account of how human sexualitv came to be the way it now is, Jared Diamond-a renowned expert in the field of physiology and author of the award-winning The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee-argues that, in our evolutionary history, our strange sex lives were as crucial to our rise to human status as our upright posture and large brain. Why are humans one of the few species to have sex in private? Why do humans ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Phoenix, London
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780753801543ISBN:075380154X
Description: Good. 214p. : ill. ; 20 cm. Includes illustrations. Originally published: London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1997. Bibliography: p193-197. - Includes index. read more
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Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: A Publication Of Basic Books By The Perseus Books Group, New York NY
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780465031269ISBN:0465031269
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Publisher: Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780753801543ISBN:075380154X
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Date Published: 1998
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Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicholson
Date Published: 1997
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Basic Books
Date Published: 1998-09-24
ISBN-13:9780465031269ISBN:0465031269
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Basic Books
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780465031269ISBN:0465031269
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Edition: NEW ED
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: ORION PUBLISHING CO Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780753801543ISBN:075380154X
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 272 pages. (272 pages) 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 3 diagram(s) edition new ed (Paperback) read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, London
Date Published: 1997
Description: Very Good. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. 155pp. Index. Paperback in very good condition. '......a delightfully entertaining and enlightening account of the evolutionary forces that have shaped our sex lives. ' read more
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Binding: Softcover (Stiff Boards)
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London
Date Published: 1997
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Phoenix
Date Published: 02/03/1998
ISBN-13:9780753801543ISBN:075380154X
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Basic Books
Date Published: 1998-09-24
ISBN-13:9780465031269ISBN:0465031269
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"This was very interesting. It compared human behavior to animal behavior which I frequently do myself. It also discussed human sexuality in an evolutionary manner, which I found quite interesting. I don't believe in evolution, but it was interesting to ponder. Sex is a fascinating subject and I enjoyed looking at it from a biological standpoint, rather than psychological."
"Lots of cross-species behavioral comparisons that demonstrated good, thorough research but tempted me to skim quite a bit. However, I was quite interested in the questions addressed, especially when it got down to the payoff of nuggets of insight about human biology."
"You get the feeling reading this that the author has a fair amount of potential. He promises a lot, and sort of delivers. The most interesting bit for me was about why there might be selection pressure for menopause. (This may be disturbing for some to read.) Basically, for most of recent evolutionary history, as a woman gets older, childbirth is more likely to kill her. Because human children are helpless for so long, this will likely kill some of her children too, if she's given birth at all recently. In addition, children born later are less likely to be healthy. So at some point, a limitation on producing more kids actually increases the chances your kids will survive to reproduce. On top of that, old women may help her descendants and relatives in a way not true for old animals... old women are smart. Wise even.
If you like evolutionary analysis like that, you might get a kick out of this book. If you don't, skip it. I got it for 3 euros. It was a fun quick read."
"Fun book that talks about the evolution of menopause among other things. Read it because I loved Jared Diamonds other books. Quick read and some fun science."
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