Sex, reproduction and Darwinism
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Sex, reproduction and Darwinism
Pickering & Chatto, 2012
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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This collection of essays looks at sexuality and reproduction from an evolutionary perspective. Covering experimental discoveries as well as theoretical investigations, the volume explores the relationship between evolution and other areas of human behaviour.
Table of Contents
- Introduction, Filomena de Sousa, Gonzalo Munevar
- Part I Reproduction, Mortality and Evolution
- Chapter 1 From Birth to Death: The Evolution of Life Histories in Guppies (Poecilia Reticulata), David. N. Reznick
- Chapter 2 If We Have Sex, Do We Have to Die?, Ronald de Sousa
- Part II Reproduction without Sex?
- Chapter 3 The Genomic Consequences of Asexual Reproduction, Ken Kraaijeveld, Jens Bast
- Chapter 4 Evolution and Illusion, Jagdish Hattiangadi
- Part III Sex without Reproduction?
- Chapter 5 Evolutionary Theory, Constructivism and Male Homosexuality, Pieter R. Adriaens, Andreas De Block, Lesley Newson
- Chapter 6 Darwinism and Homosexuality, Gonzalo Munevar
- Chapter 7 The Evolution of Female Orgasm: New Evidence and Response to Feminist Critiques, Elisabeth A. Lloyd
- Part IV Sexual Selection and Morality
- Chapter 8 Altruism and Sexual Selection, Lucrecia Burges, Camilo J. Cela-Conde, Marcos Nadal
- Chapter 9 The Role of Sex and Reproduction in the Evolution of Morality and Law, Julia Sandra Bernal
- partV Sex, Reproduction and Evolutionary Psychology
- Chapter 10 Symmetry and Evolution: A Genomic Antagonism Approach, William M. Brown
- Chapter 11 Beauty, Bacteria and the Faustian Bargain, Victor S. Johnston
- partVI Eugenics from Natural to Social Selection
- Chapter 12 Darwin'S Care for Humanity, Eve-Marie Engels
- Chapter 13 Reproduction and Social Selection: The Eugenics Maelstrom of Science, Intelligentsia and Reformers, Filomena de Sousa
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