Primeval women s swollen breasts indicated lactation, pregnancy and fertility to excited males. In the author s scenario, women lost their estrus and developed permanently enlarged breasts, "an anatomy of deception," to tame and domesticate exploitative males whose interests were narrowly focused only on mating. Female orgasm, though not necessary for reproduction, may have con...(展开全部)

CONTENTS Preface 1 The Animal with the Weirdest Sex Life 2 The Battle of the Sexes 3 Why Don't Men Breast-feed Their Babies? The Non-Evolution of Male Lactation 4 Wrong Time for Love: The Evolution of Recreational Sex 5 What Are Men Good For? The Evolution of Men's Roles 6 Making More by Making Less: The Evolution of Fem...(展开全部)

贾里德•戴蒙德，美国加州大学洛杉矶分校医学院生理学教授，其著作The Third Chimpanzee获《洛杉矶时报》图书奖和英国科学图书奖。现为美国科学院院士，Discover杂志撰稿人。

Dr. Carl Sagan takes us on a great reading adventure, offering his vivid and startling insight into the brain of man and beast, the origin of human intelligence, the function of our most haunting legends--and their amazing links to recent discoveries. "A history of the human brain from the big bang, fifteen billion years ago, to the day before yesterday...It's a delight." THE N...(展开全部)

Human domination of our earth is now so complete that it is easy to forget how recently our role in the history of our planet began: the earliest apes evolved around 20 million years ago, yet Homo Sapiens has existed for a mere 160,000 years. In the intervening period, dozens of species of early ape and human have lived and died out, leaving behind the fossilized remains that h...(展开全部)

Human domination of our earth is now so complete that it is easy to forget how recently our role in the history of our planet began: the earliest apes evolved around 20 million years ago, yet homo sapiens has existed for a mere 160,000 years. In the intervening period, dozens of species of early ape and human have lived and died out, leaving behind the fossilized remains that h...(展开全部)

Come face to face with our ancestors Travel back 8 million years with "Evolution: The Human Story" and go on a fascinating journey to discover how our species has developed from tree-dwelling primates to modern humans. This is the first time that the story of evolution has been documented in such amazing visual detail thanks to the work of renowned Dutch paleoartists, Kennis an...(展开全部)

If we all want love, why is there so much conflict in our most cherished relationships? To answer this question, we must look into our evolutionary past, argues prominent psychologist David M. Buss. Based one of the largest studies of human mating ever undertaken, encompassing more than 10,000 people of all ages from thirty-seven cultures worldwide, The Evolution of Desire is t...(展开全部)

戴维·巴斯，得克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校心理学系教授，在人类择偶策略的科学研究领域，巴斯享有很高的声望，是进化心理学领域的集大成者。 巴斯已经出版了9部著作，发表了200多篇学术论文，同时获得过众多奖项，包括美国心理学会（APA）颁发的心理学早期生涯杰出科学贡献奖和斯坦利·霍尔奖。他还在世界范围内广泛发表演讲，并多次作为人类择偶策略方面的专家出现在电视科学纪录片和突发新闻故事中。