Sex, time, and power : how women's sexuality shaped human evolution / Leonard Shlain.
Sex, time, and power : how women's sexuality shaped human evolution / Leonard Shlain.
Sex, time, and power : how women's sexuality shaped human evolution / Leonard Shlain.
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New York : Viking, 2003.
Date
2003.
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N306.7/ 149
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English
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xx, 420 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Preface: Iron/Sex -- Pt. I. Iron, Sex, and Women -- 1. Unknown Mother/African Eve -- 2. Big Brain/Narrow Pelvis -- 3. Red Blood/White Milk -- 4. Plant Iron/Meat Iron -- 5. Gyna Sapiens/Gyna All-the-Others -- 6. Periods/Perils -- 7. Her Climax/His Climax -- 8. Grandmothers/Circumcision -- Pt. II. Iro...
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New York : Viking, 2003.
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New York (State)
Date Published
2003.
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"Long ago, due to the narrowness of her bipedal pelvis and the increasing size of her infants' heads, the human female began to experience high childbirth death rates, precipitating a crisis for the species. Natural selection adapted her to this unique environmental stress by drastically reconfiguring her hormonal cycles. Her estrus disappeared and...
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Sex, time, and power : how women's sexuality shaped human evolution / Leonard Shlain.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-402) and index.
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N306.7/ 149
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0670032336 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780670032334 (alk. paper)
0670032336 (alk. paper)
9780670032334 (hbk. : alk. paper)
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306.7
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991018160529702626
