Table of Contents

Preface; Introduction; 1. Beginnings; 2. The polygynous primate; 3. Sex and gender; 4. Love and marriage; 5. Sex and pregnancy; 6. Birth and breastfeeding; 7. Growing up; 8. The civilisation of sex; 9. Sex and power; 10. Dying for love; 11. Sex and mortality; 12. Too many people; 13. The animal within us; Index.

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A lively and entertaining account of the broad panorama of human sexual behaviour and its origins.

Reviews

'Fascinating and often brilliant … Aimed at a popular readership and lavishly illustrated, it comes up with much of its best material in little boxed off sections.' Humphrey Carpenter, The Sunday Times

'… a comprehensive and fascinating study … he is to be congratulated for so elegantly opening up this world.' Expository Times

'… a tour de force.' Helen Fisher, The Quarterly Review of Biology

'This is the kind of book that has already generated great discussions among my friends and associates. It will make a wonderful gift, even for those with no more than a passing interest in biology or science. The authors are to be congratulated for having put together a book that that is at once thought-provoking, entertaining, and sumptuously attractive.' Abraham Morgentaler, The Lancet