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。

● 加利福尼亚大学洛杉矶分校医学院生理学教授，美国国家科学院院士，美国哲学学会会员。 ● 他的代表作《枪炮、病菌与钢铁》荣获1998年普利策奖及英国科普图书奖。在职业生涯中累积发表过200多篇论文，获奖无数。 ● 他是当代少数几位探究人类社会与文明的思想家之一，擅长从历史视角审视人类不平等的起源等宏观议题。因其出众的历史叙事能力，学术界甚至有呼声称，戴蒙德作为一位科学家有资格荣获诺贝尔文学奖。

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)

This book provides a unique discussion of human evolution from a philosophical viewpoint, looking at the facts and interpretations since Charles Darwin's The Descent of Man. Michael Ruse explores such topics as the nature of scientific theories, the relationships between culture and biology, the problem of progress and the extent to which evolutionary issues pose problems for r...(展开全部)

◆ 作者简介 ◆——————————————————————————————————— 世界知名性教育权威贺兰特·凯查杜里安（Herant A. Katchadourian）是斯坦福大学精神病学、行为科学、人体生物学以及教育学荣休教授，美国高校性教育的先驱，曾长期担任斯坦福大学副教务长和本科生院院长。 凯查杜里安出生于土耳其一个亚美尼亚人家庭，在黎巴嫩贝鲁特的美洲大学获得医学学士学位，继而在纽约州罗切斯特大学接受了精神病学专业训练。作为一位杰出的性教育工作者，凯氏曾以其对大学性教育的卓越贡献而荣获斯坦福大学Lloyd W. Dinkelspiel奖和Richard W.Lyman奖(1984) ，并六次被该校本科毕业生遴选为杰出教授和毕业典礼发言代表。作为一位学者和作家，凯氏著有《人类性学：理智与荒谬》、《青春期生物学》、《五十：合理看待中年》等多部...(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)