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1 online resource (xviii, 412 pages) : Why are men, like other primate males, usually the aggressors and risk takers? Why do women typically have fewer sexual partners? Why is killing infants routine in some cultures, but forbidden in others? Why is incest everywhere taboo? 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 these and many other questions about human behavior largely come down to evolution and sex. More precisely, as she shows in this uniquely comprehensive and accessible survey of behavioral and evolutionary ecology, they come down to the basic principle that all organisms evolved to maximize their reproductive success and seek resources to do so. Low begins by reviewing the fundamental arguments and assumptions of behavioral ecology: selfish genes, conflicts of interest, and the tendency for sexes to reproduce through different behaviors. She explains why in primate species--from chimpanzees and apes to humans--males seek to spread their genes by devoting extraordinary efforts to finding mates, while females find it profitable to expend more effort on parentin

Who reads Why Sex Matters : A Darwinian Look at Human Behavior?

Author

Bobbi S. Low, Bobbi S. S. Low

Publisher

Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9780691028958

Category

science

Subjects

Nature, Sociology, Biology

Rating

3.86 / 5 (93 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13