The Evolution of Same-Sex Attraction

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מחבר ראשי: Apostolou, Menelaos (Author)
מחבר תאגידי: SpringerLink (Online service)
סיכום:XVIII, 250 p.
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שפה:אנגלית
יצא לאור: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2020.
מהדורה:1st ed. 2020.
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גישה מקוונת:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53925-2
פורמט: אלקטרוני ספר
תוכן הענינים:
  • Chapter 1: What is to be explained?
  • Chapter 2: The genetic basis of same-sex attraction
  • Chapter 3: Environmental factors affecting same-sex attraction
  • Chapter 4: Evolutionary theories on same-sex attraction
  • Chapter 5: Same-sex attraction in human history: Classical Greece, Imperial Rome and Christian Europe
  • Chapter 6: Same-sex attraction in human history: Central and South America, Islamic world, and Asia
  • Chapter 7: Assessing the evidence from the historical record
  • Chapter 8: The Weak Selection Pressures Hypothesis
  • Chapter 9: The weak selection pressures hypothesis: Regulation of mating, male-male competition and social consequences
  • Chapter 10: The weak selection pressures hypothesis: Male-tolerance, forced sex and desire to have children
  • Chapter 11: The male choice hypothesis
  • Chapter 12: Assessing the male choice hypothesis
  • Chapter 13: Positive selection on male homosexuality
  • Chapter 14: The evolution of same-sex attraction in men and women.