Ever since Adam and Eve: The Evolution of Human Sexuality 1999 by Malcolm Potts |
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press 1999 ISBN-10: 0521644046 ISBN-13: 978-0521644044 Paperback: 268 pages -- Approx size: 7.5 x 9.7 inches Eminent scientists Malcolm Potts and Roger Short view the broad panorama of human sexual and reproductive behaviour to reveal an inextricable mixture of nature and nurture - a combination of innate actions which have evolved over the millennia to adapt us to a nomadic, hunter-gatherer lifestyle, overlain by more recent cultural constraints imposed by civilization. For each of life's milestones - sexual intercourse, conception, pregnancy, birth, puberty, love, marriage, parenting, menopause and death - they describe the biology behind our actions and consider how pressures imposed by various historical and contemporary cultures have further influenced our behavior. By looking back at the past they attempt to make sense of the present, to see how and why these cultural modifications arose, how they have contributed to the richness of human sexual behavior, and what our biological and cultural inheritance can teach us about safeguarding the continuation of our species. Review 'Fascinating and often brilliant ... Aimed at a popular readership and lavishly illustrated, it comes up with much of its best material in little boxed off sections.' Humphrey Carpenter, The Sunday Times Very nice condition for the large paperback. Slightly bumped corners. Visual attractive covers. Please see photos and email with any questions prior to purchase. Thanks for looking. Thanks for stopping in! |
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