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Title: The Woman That Never Evolved: With a New Preface and Bibliographical Updates by Sarah Blaffer Hrdy ISBN: 0-674-95539-0 Publisher: Harvard University Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.25 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)
Rating: 4
Summary: title a tad misleading
Comment: This book deals mostly with primates. Despite the layperson style title, the book itself is quite scientific and detailed. This can be great for those educated in anthropology and sociobiology as it is very thorough, giving exact names and evolutionary history on the primates discussed, yet can seem a little dry to the layperson, especially if read for long stretches. However, layperson, do not despair. Hrdy will often use humour to lighten or better explain an idea and when she occasionally uses jargon it is usually tongue-in-cheek and always explained. Many of you will be attracted by the feminist-sounding title, but do not be fooled. Only rarely does the author tie in her observations with human behaviour. In fact, any feminism does not appear until the final 2% of the book and seems to simply be angry raving against the oppression of women, and is not linked as well as it could be to the previous 150 or so pages. Generally, however, I enjoyed the book, even though it contained more detail than I, as a layperson, actually needed. To anyone unhappy with the stereotype of the strong male in charge of his passive harem of females or with the aggressive male just using the females as a vessel for his genes, then this can shed new light on the way primates behave and are shaped by their biology. Tying in the information with the woman in the title is left up to the reader.
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Title: Mother Nature: Maternal Instincts and How They Shape the Human Species by Sarah Blaffer Hrdy ISBN: 0345408934 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 05 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Demonic Males : Apes and the Origins of Human Violence by Dale Peterson, Richard Wrangham ISBN: 0395877431 Publisher: Mariner Books Pub. Date: 14 November, 1997 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Sexual Selections: What We Can and Can't Learn About Sex from Animals by Marlene Zuk ISBN: 0520240758 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: 01 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Tree of Origin: What Primate Behavior Can Tell Us About Human Social Evolution by Frans B. M. De Waal ISBN: 0674010043 Publisher: Harvard University Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation by Olivia Judson ISBN: 0805063323 Publisher: Owl Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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