Sexual selection in homo sapiens : parental control over mating and the opportunity cost of free mate choice
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...
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| Format | Electronic eBook |
| Language | English |
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Cham, Switzerland :
Springer,
[2017]
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| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 9783319589992 9783319589985 |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource |
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Table of Contents:
- Dedication; Preface; Sexual Selection in Humans; The Plan of the Book; References; Acknowledgments; Contents; About the Author; Chapter 1: Sexual Selection Forces; Sexual Selection; Sexual Selection and Conflict; Sexual Selection and Genetic Relatives; Sexual Selection Forces; Interrelation Between Sexual Selection Forces; Males Versus Females; Intrasexual Selection: Male-Male and Female-Female Competition; Intersexual Competition: Individual and Parental Choice; Individual Choice; Parental Choice; Sexual Coercion; Sexual Coercion Versus Other Sexual Selection Forces.
- Sexual Selection Force Sperm Competition; Reproductive Niches; References; Chapter 2: Parent-Offspring Conflict over Mating; Why Parents and Children Do Not Have Identical Interests over Mate Choice; Parent-Offspring Conflict over Mating; The Nature of Mate Choice and Conflict over Mating; Conflict and Mate Value; A Note About Theoretical Models; Can the Theory of Evolutionary Trade-Offs Account for Parent-Offspring Conflict over Mating?; Unsupported Assumptions; The Relationship Between Evolutionary Trade-Offs and Parent-Offspring Conflict over Mating; Daughters and Sons.
- Environmental ContingenciesReferences; Chapter 3: The Model of Parental Choice; The Model of Parental Choice; Diverging Opportunity Cost; The Cost That Parents Can Inflict on Their Children to Align Them with Their Will; Converging Opportunity Cost; Converging Opportunity Cost and Conflict; Sexual Selection Under Individual Mate Choice; Contingencies in Parental Choice; Daughters Versus Sons; Mothers Versus Fathers; References; Chapter 4: Sexual Selection Under Parental Choice in Hunting and Gathering Societies; Sexual Selection in Foraging Societies; Contingencies.
- Daughters Versus Sons Mothers Versus Fathers; Other Sexual Selection Forces; Individual Mate Choice; Male-Male Competition; Sexual Coercion; Analysis of Selection Pressures in a Typical Hunting and Gathering Society; Men; Women; References; Chapter 5: Sexual Selection Under Parental Choice in Agropastoral Societies; Sexual Selection in Agropastoral Societies; Contingencies; Daughters Versus Sons; Mothers Versus Fathers; Agricultural Versus Animal Husbandry Societies; Other Sexual Selection Forces; Individual Mate Choice; Male-Male Competition; Sexual Coercion.
- Analysis of Selection Pressures for a Typical Agropastoral Society Men; Women; References; Chapter 6: Sexual Selection Under Parental Choice in Post-industrial Societies; Sexual Selection in Post-industrial Societies; Contingencies; Daughters Versus Sons; Mothers Versus Fathers; Other Sexual Selection Forces; Individual Choice; Male-Male Competition; Sexual Coercion; Analysis of Selection Pressures in a Post-industrial Society; Men; Women; References; Chapter 7: Sexual Selection Under Parental Choice Across Societies and Across Time.