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Bobbi Low ranges from ancient Rome to modern America, from the Amazon to the Arctic, and from single-celled organisms to international politics to show that many questions about human behaviour largely come down to evolution and sex.
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WHY SEX MATTERS This page intentionally left blank WHY SEX MATTERS A Darwinian Look at Human Behavior Bobbi S. Low princeton university press princeton, new jersey Copyright © 2000 by Princeton University Press Published by Princeton University Press, 41 William Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540 In the United Kingdom: Princeton University Press, Chichester, West Sussex All Rights Reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Low, Bobbi S. Why sex matters : a Darwinian look at human behavior / Bobbi S. Low. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-691-02895-8 (alk. paper) 1. Human evolution. 4. Sociobiology. GN281.4.L68 2. Sex role. 3. Nature and nurture. I. Title. 1999 305.3—dc21 99-24612 This book has been composed in Palatino Typeface The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (R1997) (Permanence of Paper) http://pup.princeton.edu Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Disclaimer: Some images in the original version of this book are not available for inclusion in the eBook. F OR MY SON MICHAEL, and for my academic lineage: parental, sibling, and offspring generations This page intentionally left blank Contents xiii Preface xvii Acknowledgments 3 1. Introduction 4 Vampire Stories and Beyond 6