Sexual Selection and the Descent of Man: 1871-1971 [Hardcover]

Bernard Campbell (Editor)

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ISBN-10: 0202020053 | ISBN-13: 978-0202020051 | Publication Date: December 31, 1972

This volume significantly broadens the scope of modern evolutionary biology by looking at the important and long-neglected concept of natural selection, in which sexual selection plays a complex role that has been little understood and is of great importance. In this classic book, which was the first full discussion of sexual selection since 1871, leading biologists bring modern genetic theory and behavior observation to bear on this subject. The distinguished authors consider many aspects of sexual selection in many species, including man, within the context of contemporary evolutionary theory and research.

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Bernard G. Campbell was professor of anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles. Born in Weybridge, England, he received his PhD from the University of Cambridge in 1957, and has been a lecturer in anthropology at Cambridge and Harvard universities. Among his many contributions to the field of anthropology are Human Evolution: An Introduction to Man’s Adaptations andSexual Selection and the Descent of Man.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 388 pages
• Publisher: Aldine Transaction (December 31, 1972)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0202020053
• ISBN-13: 978-0202020051
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,312,190 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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This review is from: Sexual Selection and the Descent of Man: 1871-1971 (Hardcover)

Just over one hundred years ago Charles Darwin, in The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex(1871), developed remarkably accurate conclusions about man's ancestry, based on a review of general comparative anatomy and psychology in which he regarded sexual selection as a necessary part of the evolutionary process. But the attention of biologists turned to the more general concept of natural selection, in which sexual selection plays a complex role that has been little understood. This centenial volume significantly broadens the scope of modern evolutionary biology by looking again at this important and long neglected concept of great importance.

In the book - the first full discussion of sexual selection since 1871 - leading biologists bring modern genetic theory and behavior observation to bear on the subject. The distinguished authors consider many aspects of sexual selection in many species, including man, within the context of comtemporary evolutionary research. The result is a remarkably original and well-rounded view of the whole concept that will be invaluable especially to students of evolution and human sexual behavior. The lucid authority of the contributors and the importance of the top will interest all who share in man's perenial fascination with his own history.
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