Academic Press Sex Differences: Developmental and Evolutionary Strategies

Sex Differences serves as an advanced text for courses in evolutionary and human biology, psychology, and sexuality and gender studies. It also serves as a reference source for academic professionals in these disciplines. The book covers the evolution of sex and sex differences, and sex differences and sexual strategies in non-human and human animals. The final chapter addresses issues of sex and gender in interpersonal relationships, organizations and politics. Diagrams, graphs, charts, and tables illustrate key concepts; cartoons and photos provide visual breaks and an element of humor. Review ..".useful for the professors as well as the students." -ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR "Mealey's contribution is an authoritative, well-written, and useful textbook ..." -THE QUARTERLY REVIEW OF BIOLOGY ..".Linda Mealey's excellent textbook... the first and most comprehensive scientific book on sex differences..." -PSYCHOLOGY, EVOLUTION & GENDER "This highly informative, compelling and readable treatment... will forever change the way all of us think about why we are the way that we are." -Professor Robert Hinde, Cambridge University "In summary, Sex Differences surpasses all earlier attempts at reaching the text book market in the field of evolutionary behavioral studies." -JOURNAL OF SEX RESEARCH "The amount of literature reviewed for the book is vast..." -POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT REVIEW ..".Linda Mealey is right on the mark... in her well-conceived and well-executed upper-division textbook on sex differences..." -EVOLUTION AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR