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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
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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.
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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.
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1999
305.3—dc21
99-24612
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OR MY SON MICHAEL,
and for my academic lineage: parental, sibling, and offspring generations
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Contents
xiii
Preface
xvii
Acknowledgments
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1. Introduction
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Vampire Stories and Beyond
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