Evolution's empress Darwinian perspectives on the nature of women

'Evolution's Empress' identifies women as active agents within the evolutionary process. Chapters focus on topics as diverse as female social interactions, mate competition and mating strategies, motherhood, women's health, sex differences in communication and motivation, sex dis...

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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 2013, [2013]Ã2013
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:'Evolution's Empress' identifies women as active agents within the evolutionary process. Chapters focus on topics as diverse as female social interactions, mate competition and mating strategies, motherhood, women's health, sex differences in communication and motivation, sex discrimination, and women in literature. The volume editors bring together a diverse range of perspectives to demonstrate ways in which evolutionary approaches to human behaviour have thus far been too limited
Physical Description:xix, 485 pages illustrations
ISBN:9780199332786