SEXUAL SELECTION & THE ORIGINS OF HUMAN MATING SYSTEMS PAPER - Softcover

DIXSON, Alan F.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199559430 ISBN 13: 9780199559435

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2009

Synopsis

Joining together the efforts of research across multiple disciplines in order to gain insights into the origins of human sexual behavior

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About the Author

Alan Dixson was educated in England at the University of Nottingham, where he obtained a BSc in Zoology (1970) and at the University of Birmingham Medical School, where he was awarded a PhD (1973) and a DSc in Biological Sciences (1993). His research has involved comparative studies of reproductive biology and the evolution of sexuality in primates and in other mammals. He has held posts at the Zoological Society of London (1976-1983), Medical Research Council UK (1983-1999), International Medical Research Centre in Gabon (1989-1992), Sub-Department of Animal Behaviour, University of Cambridge (1993-1998) and was Director of Conservation and Science at the Zoological Society of San Diego in the USA (1999- 2005). He is currently a professor in the School of Biological Sciences at Victoria University of Wellington, in New Zealand. Alan Dixson has authored, or co-authored, more than 140 papers and books.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199559430
• ISBN 13: 9780199559435
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 232