Homo Mysterious : Evolutionary Puzzles of Human Nature.

By:

Barash, David P

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (340 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780199877003
0199877009
1280595590
9781280595592

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Homo Mysterious : Evolutionary Puzzles of Human Nature.DDC classification:

303.4 599.938

LOC classification:

GN281

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Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; ONE: In Praise of Mystery: "That's How the Light Gets In"; TWO: Sexual Mysteries I: Menstruation, Concealed Ovulation, and Breasts; THREE: Sexual Mysteries II: Female Orgasm, Menopause, and Men; FOUR: Sexual Mysteries III: Homosexuality; FIVE: Art I: Cheesecake, By-Products, and Groups; SIX: Art II: Play, Practice, and Sex (Again); SEVEN: Religion I: Genes, Memes, Minds, and Motives; EIGHT: Religion II: Social Bonding and Morality; NINE: On the Matter of Mind; TEN: Digging for Treasure; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V.

Summary: For all that science knows about the living world, notes David P. Barash, there are even more things that we don't know, genuine evolutionary mysteries that perplex the best minds in biology. Paradoxically, many of these mysteries are very close to home, involving some of the most personal aspects of being human. Homo Mysterious examines a number of these evolutionary mysteries, exploring things that we don't yet know about ourselves, laying out the best current hypotheses, and pointing toward insights that scientists are just beginning to glimpse. Why do women experience orgasm? Why do men hav.

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For all that science knows about the living world, notes David P. Barash, there are even more things that we don't know, genuine evolutionary mysteries that perplex the best minds in biology. Paradoxically, many of these mysteries are very close to home, involving some of the most personal aspects of being human. Homo Mysterious examines a number of these evolutionary mysteries, exploring things that we don't yet know about ourselves, laying out the best current hypotheses, and pointing toward insights that scientists are just beginning to glimpse. Why do women experience orgasm? Why do men hav.

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