Male, Female The Evolution of Human Sex Differences

Name: Male, Female The Evolution of Human Sex Differences
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ISBN: 9781433806827

ISBN-10: 1433806827

ISBN-13: 9781433806827

Edition: 2nd 2010

Authors: David C. Geary

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Why do girls tend to earn better grades in school than boys? Why are men still far more likely than women to earn degrees in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics? And why are men on average more likely to be injured in accidents and fights than women? These and many other questions are the subject of both informal investigation in the media and formal investigation in academic and scientific circles. In his landmark book Male, Female: The Evolution of Human Sex Differences, author David Geary provided the first comprehensive evolutionary model to explain human sex differences. Using the principles of sexual selection such as female choice and male-male…

Book details

List price: $69.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: American Psychological Association
Publication date: 11/15/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 555
Size: 7.25" wide x 10.25" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 2.640
Language: English



List of Exhibits, Tables, and Figures


Preface



Beginnings



Natural Selection and the Evolution of Sex



Sexual Selection



Sexual Selection and Life History



Sexual Selection in Primates and During Human Evolution



Evolution of Fatherhood



Choosing Mates



Competing for Mates



Evolution and Development of the Human Mind



Sex Differences in Infancy and at Play



Sex Differences in Social Development



Sex Differences in Folk Psychology



Sex Differences in Folk Biology and Folk Physics


Afterword


References


Index


About the Author