symmetry of, 152—5 3
Brooks, Lisa, 28
thinness and, 287—91
Brown, Don, 205
as universal, 281—82
Buddha, 21
waist-to-hip ratio and, 291—93
Budding, 49
youth and, 293—95
Burley, Nancy, 122, 165, 224, 231
Behaviorism, 319—2I
Burt, Austin, 62, 71, 86
Bell, Graham, 30—31, 48—49, 59, 60, 62,
Buss, David, 267—68, 274, 299
71, 86
Butler, Samuel, 131
Bell, Quentin, 300, 303
Byrne, Richard, 3 3 5, 336
Bellis, Mark, 224-26
Benshoof, L:, 232
Caesar, Julius, 200, 336
Bernstein, Harris, 42—45
Caligula, 200, 282
Betzig, Laura, 125, 198—20I, 240
Carotenoids, 155—56, 163
Bilharzia, 75, 80
Carroll, Lewis, I
Birds
Catherine of Aragon, 241
concealed ovulation among, 231
Catholic Church, 202, 230
mating systems of, 217—18, 221—24,
controversies with state, 240—42
227 :
Cattle breeding, 124
parasites of, 150—52
Chaffinches, 285—87
sex chromosomes in, 121—22
Chagnon, Napoleon, 203—4
sexual selection in, 137—42, 163
Chemical defense, 70
See also specific species
Chimpanzees, 7, 214—17, 219—21
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::: 397 :::
intelligence of, 3 36, 3 37
Cooperation, 17—19
power seeking among, I95
among genes, 92—94
promiscuity of, 213
individual selection and, 36
toolmaking by, 324
reciprocity as key to, 77
violence of, 203
Corals, 58
China
Cortisol, 156, 255, 264—65
ancient, 198, 199, 206
Cosmides, Leda, I00, III, 275—76, 3I3,
female infanticide in, 122, 127
322, 332—35, 340
harem polygamy in, 193
Cott, Hugh, 13 5
marriage customs in, 283
Courtly love, 240
Chlamydomonas, 101, 102
Courtship, 132, 133, 154, 168, 169
Chloroplasts, I 00—10I
competition and, 136—37
Chomsky, Noam, 314, 321, 328
Cousins, marriage between, 242—43
Chromosomes, 29, 30, 43, 94
Critical period, 285—87
crossovers on, 62
Cronin, Helena, 142
jumping genes and, 96
Crook, John, 332
parasitic, 71
Crossing over, 99, 128
selfish, 97
Crow, James, 32, 49
sex, 99, 110—14, 121—23, 264, 279,
Cytomegalovirus, 103
280
swapping of chunks of, 98—99
Dahomey, 173—74
Claudius, 200
Daly, Martin, 235—36
Clutton-Brock, Tim, 117
Dart, Raymond, 325
Coalitions of males, 195—97
Darwin, Charles, 6, 8, 9, 14, 20, 27, 31—33, Coelacanth, 31, 63
37, 60, 63, 64, 134—36, 138, 139,
Cognitive approach, 321
142, 148, 162, 223, 249, 304, 311,
Cohen, Fred, 69
329—30
Coming of Age in Samoa (Mead), 318
Darwin, Erasmus, 23, 240
Commons, tragedy of, 91, 127
Darwinian history, 243—44
Communication, 332—34
Dawkins, Marian, 159, 161
Competition, 64, 65, 93, 94
Dawkins, Richard, 9, 15, 66—68, 96, 124,
diversity and, 60
158, 333—34
female, 232
Deep structure of language, 314
sexual selection and, 133, 136
Deer, 187
within species, 33—34
Democracy, 206—7
testicular size and, 222
Descartes, Renf, 316
violence and, 202
Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Complexity, 15—16
(Darwin), 134
Computer viruses, 69
Despotism, I98—200, 206—7, 211, 272
Concealed ovulation, 229—32
Determinism, 261—63
Conditioning, 178, 252
Diamond, Jared, 148, 216
Conflict, 17—19
Dickemann, Mildred, I26—27, 197
Conjugation, 95, 102
Dio, 200
Connectionism, 321
Dionysus effect, 339
Connor, Richard, 196, 337
Diploidy, 44, 97
Contingent history, 17
Disease theory, 76—79
Coolidge, Calvin, 299
Dispersal, 56
::: 398 :::
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Division of labor, sexual, 250, 251, 259,
Facial features, 295—97
262
Fallon, April, 302
Divorce, 273
Fantasies, sexual, 269—72
DNA, 29, 41—43, 45
Fashion, status and, 300—304
discovery of, 9
Fat distribution, 159—61
insertions of, 50
Fei-ti, 199, 206
parasitic, 96
Felix Holt, the Radical (Eliot), 333
in sex chromosomes, 121
Felsenstein, Joe, 85
Dogs, 328
Feminism, 261—63
Dolphins, 196, 220, 309—10
Finches, 165, 254—55
Dominance
5-alpha-reductase deficiency, 258
beauty and, 304, 305
Fisher, Helen, 273
biased sex ratios and, 117—20, 124—25
Fisher, Ronald, 31—32, 35, 124, 127,
and cultural gender bias, 125—27
138—39, 142—46, 164, 290, 297, 341
inheritance of, 239
Flaubert, Gustave, 224
personality and, 298—99
Flax, 73—74
sexual selection and, I48
Flour beetles, 97
wealth and, 194
Flycatchers, 233
Dorner, Gunter, 264
Foley, Robert, 189—90
Douglas firs, 80
Foragers, see Hunter-gatherers
Dunbar, Robin, 214
Ford, Henry, 330—3I
Durkheim, Emil, 318, 3 3 3, 349
Fossils, 62, 64
of human ancestors, 189, 311, 327
Eals, Marion, 251
Fox, Robin, 317
Ecology, 41—42, 44, 56—63, 65, 79
Frank, Steve, 97
intelligence and, 330
Free will, 4, 5, 7
mating systems and, 187—92
Freud, Sigmund, 282—84, 318, 333, 349
Education, gender differences and,
Frogs, 161—62
257
Fruit flies, 98, 146, 179
Egypt, ancient, I98
Fungi, 71, 86
Eleanor of Aquitaine, 242
bacteria and, 70—71
Eliot, George, 3 3 3
Fusion sex, 102—4
Ellis, Bruce, 268, 269, 271—72, 298,
305
Galton, Francis, 296, 349
Ellis, Havelock, 303
-Game theory, 184, 186, 221
Elm trees, 58
//Gana San people, 194
Endler, John, 163
Gender(s), 13, 91—128
Environment of evolutionary adaptedness
asymmetry between, 178—81
(EEA), 191—93
choosing, 127—28
Ericson, Roland, 121
cultural preference patterns for, 125—28
"Essay on Man, An " (Pope), 345
determination of, 99, 110—14
Estrus, 216
dominance and, 117—20, 124—25
Eugenics, 304, 318
hermaphroditism versus, 105—7
Evolution of Sex ( Maynard Smith), 40
mentality and, 247—76
Exogamy, 118, I19, 189
and organelles, 100—103, I05 —8
Extinction, 64
parasites altering, 109—10
Extra-pair copulation (EPC), 222
selling, I20—25
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3 99 :::
Generations, length of, 71
Gorillas, 214, 216, 217, 219, 220
Genes, 9, I6, 3I—3 3
intelligence of, 331
altruism and, 36
Goshawks, 230
asexual, 38
Gosling, Morris, 122
of bacteria, 70–71, 94—95
Gould, Stephen Jay, 39, 316—17, 320, 327,
behavior and, 316—17, 319
328
and competition within species, 34
Grackles, 164—65
cooperation between, 19, 92—99
Gradualism, 62
crossing over of, 99
Grafen, Alan, 97—99
in defense against parasites, 67
Grant, Valerie, 120, 123
definition of, 29
Greece, ancient, 204
gender and, 92, I04
Group selection, 34—36, 71
histocompatibility, 75—76
Grouse, 141, 143, 151—52, 188