The Evolutionary Biology of Human Female Sexuality

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Randy Thornhill (Distinguished Professor of Biology, Distinguished Professor of Biology, University of New Mexico) Steven W Gangestad (Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, University of New Mexico)

The Evolutionary Biology of Human Female Sexuality

Randy Thornhill (Distinguished Professor of Biology, Distinguished Professor of Biology, University of New Mexico), Steven W Gangestad (Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, University of New Mexico)

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English

Oxford University Press Inc
18 December 2008

Gender studies: women; Human reproduction, growth & development; Taxonomy & systematics; Evolution; Human biology

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 womens 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 cycleestrus and sexuality outside of the estrous phase, extended sexualitythat 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.

By: Randy Thornhill (Distinguished Professor of Biology Distinguished Professor of Biology University of New Mexico), Steven W Gangestad (Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, University of New Mexico)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 767g
ISBN: 9780195340983
ISBN 10: 0195340981
Pages: 424
Publication Date: 18 December 2008
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1: Background and Overview of the Book 2: Methodology 3: Extended Female Sexuality 4: The Evolution of Human Mating Systems and Parental Care 5: Female Ornaments and Signaling 6: The Evolution of Women's Permanent Ornaments 7: Good Genes and Mate Choices 8: Estrus 9: Women's Estrus 10: Women's Estrus, Pair-Bonding, and Extra-Pair Sex 11: Concealed Fertility 12: Coevolutionary Processes: Men's counter-Strategies and Women's Responses to Them 13: Reflections

Randy Thornhill is Distinguished Professor of Biology at the University of New Mexico. Steven W. Gangestad is Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of New Mexico.

Reviews for The Evolutionary Biology of Human Female Sexuality

<br> The authors provide an impressively up-to-date, thorough, and evenhanded review not only of recent work on human sexuality in relation to ovarian cycle stage, but also of relevant research on other taxa and of the latest theoretical and empirical work on sexual selection and antagonistic coevolution of the sexes. The result is a tour de force, and those who wish to refute it will have to come to grips with its forceful argumentation and impressive breadth of information. --The Quarterly Review of Biology<p><br>