The Sexual Evolution
eBook - ePub

The Sexual Evolution

How 500 million years of sex, gender and mating shape modern relationships

  1. 304 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Sexual Evolution

How 500 million years of sex, gender and mating shape modern relationships

About this book

'Marvellous fun' THE TIMES
'Glorious ' LUCY COOKE
'Colourful' GUARDIAN

At a time when people are testing the boundaries of just about everything related to sex and gender, The Sexual Evolution shows that diverse sexual behaviour is not a new development, or even a human one. It's the product of billions of years of experimentation throughout the animal kingdom.

Evolutionary biologist Nathan H. Lents takes readers on a journey from silent crickets to lesbian albatrosses to bonobos who kiss, revealing what this incredible array of sexual diversity can teach us. Amusing, enlightening and meticulously researched, this is a book that will demolish biases held by even the most open-minded among us.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. List of Illustrations
  8. Introduction: The State of Affairs
  9. Chapter 1 Evolution’s Rainbow: Males, Females, and More
  10. Chapter 2 Bending Gender
  11. Chapter 3 That’s Gay
  12. Chapter 4 Monogamish
  13. Chapter 5 Sexual Animals
  14. Chapter 6 Family Values
  15. Chapter 7 The Sex and Gender (Non)Binary
  16. Chapter 8 The Gay Gene
  17. Conclusion
  18. Acknowledgments
  19. Notes
  20. Recommended Reading
  21. Index