Sexual Selection in Homo sapiens Parental Control over Mating and the Opportunity Cost of Free Mate Choice /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Apostolou, Menelaos (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Behavioral sciences.; Evolutionary biology.; Physical anthropology.; Sexual behavior.; Sexual psychology.; Life Sciences.; Evolutionary Biology.; Behavioral Sciences.; Biological Anthropology.; Sexual Behavior.; Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.

The present book aims to examine how sexual selection works in the human species. Almost all scholarly effort focuses on sexual selection in non-human species and extrapolates the findings to the human one. However, human mating has a unique pattern not found in any other species, namely parental in...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Chapter 1: Sexual Selection Forces
• Chapter 2: Parent-Offspring Conflict over Mating
• Chapter 3: The Model of Parental Choice
• Chapter 4: Sexual Selection under Parental Choice in Hunting and Gathering Societies
• Chapter 5: Sexual Selection under Parental Choice in Agropastoral Societies
• Chapter 6: Sexual Selection under Parental Choice in Post-Industrial Societies
• Chapter 7: Sexual Selection under Parental Choice Across Societies and Across Time
• Chapter 8: Variation in the Strength of Parental Choice within and Between Societies of the Same Subsistence Type
• Chapter 9: In-law Preferences: What Parents Want in a Prospective Daughter- And Son-in-Law
• Chapter 10: Parental Choice and Its Impact on Adaptations Involved in Mating
• Chapter 11: Environmental Mismatches and Mating Effectiveness.