Sex Differences: Developmental and Evolutionary Strategies - Softcover

Mealey, Linda

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9781493301560: Sex Differences: Developmental and Evolutionary Strategies

Softcover

ISBN 10: 149330156X ISBN 13: 9781493301560

Publisher: Academic Press, 2014

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Sex Differences serves as an advanced text for courses in evolutionary and human biology, psychology, and sexuality and gender studies. It also serves as a reference source for academic professionals in these disciplines. The book covers the evolution of sex and sex differences, and sex differences and sexual strategies in non-human and human animals. The final chapter addresses issues of sex and gender in interpersonal relationships, organizations and politics. Diagrams, graphs, charts, and tables illustrate key concepts; cartoons and photos provide visual breaks and an element of humor.

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Review:

..".useful for the professors as well as the students."
-ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR
"Mealey's contribution is an authoritative, well-written, and useful textbook ..."
-THE QUARTERLY REVIEW OF BIOLOGY
..".Linda Mealey's excellent textbook... the first and most comprehensive scientific book on sex differences..."
-PSYCHOLOGY, EVOLUTION & GENDER
"This highly informative, compelling and readable treatment... will forever change the way all of us think about why we are the way that we are."
-Professor Robert Hinde, Cambridge University
"In summary, Sex Differences surpasses all earlier attempts at reaching the text book market in the field of evolutionary behavioral studies."
-JOURNAL OF SEX RESEARCH
"The amount of literature reviewed for the book is vast..."
-POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT REVIEW
..".Linda Mealey is right on the mark... in her well-conceived and well-executed upper-division textbook on sex differences..."
-EVOLUTION AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR

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Sex Differences serves as an advanced text for courses in evolutionary and human biology, psychology, and sexuality and gender studies. It also serves as a reference source for academic professionals in these disciplines. The book covers sex differences and sexual strategies in nonhuman and human animals. The final chapter addresses issues of sex and gender in interpersonal relationships, organizations, and politics. Diagrams, graphs, charts, and tables illustrate key concepts; cartoons and photos provide visual breaks and an element of humor.
Key Features
* Examines sexual differences from a multilevel comparative approach
* Generously illustrated with cartoons, photos, figures, and diagrams
* Invites bonus learning with special interest boxes interspersed throughout text

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