Menelaos Apostolou

Sexual Selection Under Parental Choice (eBook, ePUB)

The Evolution of Human Mating Behavior

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Parents often disagree with their children over their choice of partner. For the first time in one volume, Sexual Selection under Parental Choice employs an evolutionary perspective to understand this conflict.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135009489
• Artikelnr.: 39190763

Autorenporträt

Menelaos Apostolou

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Introduction. 1: Parent-offspring Conflict over Mating: The
Evolutionary Roots of Romeo and Juliet's story. 2: Parent-Offspring
Conflict over Mating: The Road Has more Turns. 3: Sexual Selection under
Parental Choice: Evolution beyond the Peacock's Tail. 4: From the Present
to the Past: The Patterns of Mating During the Period of Human Evolution.
5: Parental Control over Mating through Social Institutions. 6: Social
Structures and Parental Control over Mating. 7: The Art of Manipulation:
Parental Influence over Mate Choice in Postindustrial Societies. 8: What
Parents Want? In-law Preferences across Cultures. 9: Choose and Be Chosen.
10: Mate Choice without Parents. Postscript.