Straight Science? Homosexuality, Evolution and Adaptation

ISBN-13: 9780415157735 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 232 str.

Jim McKnight

Opis

This work looks at issues of homosexuality, evolution and adaption, asking questions such as What if there was an evolutionary advantage to homosexuality?. Social learning argues that homosexual sex is merely misdirected and therefore futile, but far from dying out it continues through the ages and is found in different cultures.

Spis treści

List of Figures and Tables. Preface. Is Male Homosexuality adaptive? A Biology of Homosexuality. Homosexuality as Physical Evolution. Homosexuality as Social Evolution. The Seven Deadly Sins of Sociobiology. Glossary. Bibliography. Author Index. Subject Index.

O autorze

Jim McKnight is Chair of the Psychology Department at the University of Western Sydney, Macarthur, and the author of six books.