The Evolving Female

Author : Mary Ellen Morbeck,Alison Galloway,Adrienne Zihlman
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1996-12-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 1400822068

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The Evolving Female by Mary Ellen Morbeck,Alison Galloway,Adrienne Zihlman Pdf

A human female is born, lives her life, and dies within the space of a few decades, but the shape of her life has been strongly influenced by 50 million years of primate evolution and more than 100 million years of mammalian evolution. How the individual female plays out the stages of her life--from infancy, through the reproductive period, to old age--and how these stages have been formed by a long evolutionary process, is the theme of this collection. Written by leading scholars in fields ranging from evolutionary biology to cultural anthropology, these essays together examine what it means to be female, integrating the life histories of marine mammals, monkeys, apes, and humans. The result is a fascinating inquiry into the similarities among the ways females of different species balance the need for survival with their role in reproduction and mothering. The Evolving Female offers an outlook integrating life history with an intimate examination of female life paths. Behavior, anatomy and physiology, growth and development, cultural identity of women, the individual, and the society are among the topics investigated. In addition to the editors, the contributors are Linda Fedigan, Kathryn Ono, Joanne Reiter, Barbara Smuts, Mariko Hiraiwa-Hasegawa, Mary McDonald Pavelka, Caroline Pond, Robin McFarland, Silvana Borgognini Tarli and Elena Repetto, Gilda Morelli, Patricia Draper, Catherine Panter-Brick, Virginia J. Vitzthum, Alison Jolly, and Beverly McLeod.

Author : L.E. Bowman
Publisher : Black Castle Media Group, Inc.
Page : 1 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-29
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781733854610

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The Evolution of a Girl by L.E. Bowman Pdf

The Evolution of a Girl is a collection of poetry and prose taking the reader from girl to woman; from heartbreak and anger to transformation and rebirth. It speaks of the strength we find when learning to accept ourselves and the unbreakable softness that comes from unyielding self-love. The Evolution of a Girl is a book for those who are hurting, for those who are healing, and for those who are ready to try again.

Author : David C. Geary
Publisher : Amer Psychological Assn
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 1557985278

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Male, Female by David C. Geary Pdf

Geary (psychology and anthropology, U. of Missouri-Columbia) thinks culturally constructed gender roles alone cannot account for the differences in the social behavior of men and women. He turns to Darwin's theory of sexual selection as the best avenue for understanding. His main focus is how th etwo elements of competition between males and of females selecting mates has influenced human behavior over the centuries and across cultures.

Author : Donald Symons
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1979-08-30
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780199878475

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The Evolution of Human Sexuality by Donald Symons Pdf

Anthropology, Sexual Studies, Psychology, Sociology, Gender and Cultural Studies

Author : Mary Jane Sherfey
Publisher : Vintage Books USA
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Generative organs
ISBN : UOM:39015022098902

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The Nature and Evolution of Female Sexuality by Mary Jane Sherfey Pdf

Author : Lori Hager
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2005-08-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134840106

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Women In Human Evolution by Lori Hager Pdf

This volume, the first of it's kind, examines the role of women paleontologists and archaeologists in a field traditionally dominated by men. Women researchers in this field, have questioned many of the assumptions and developmental scenarios advanced by male scientists. As a result of such efforts, women have forged a more central role in models of human development and have radically altered the way in which human evolution is perceived. This history of the feminist critique of science, is of profound significance and will be of interest to all those who work in the fields of anthropology, archaeology, paleontology, and human biology.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1400817269

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The Evolving Female by Anonim Pdf

Author : Elisabeth A. Lloyd
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2009-07
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0674040309

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The Case of the Female Orgasm by Elisabeth A. Lloyd Pdf

Why women evolved to have orgasms--when most of their primate relatives don't--is a persistent mystery among evolutionary biologists. In pursuing this mystery, Elisabeth Lloyd arrives at another: How could anything as inadequate as the evolutionary explanations of the female orgasm have passed muster as science? A judicious and revealing look at all twenty evolutionary accounts of the trait of human female orgasm, Lloyd's book is at the same time a case study of how certain biases steer science astray. Over the past fifteen years, the effect of sexist or male-centered approaches to science has been hotly debated. Drawing especially on data from nonhuman primates and human sexology over eighty years, Lloyd shows what damage such bias does in the study of female orgasm. She also exposes a second pernicious form of bias that permeates the literature on female orgasms: a bias toward adaptationism. Here Lloyd's critique comes alive, demonstrating how most of the evolutionary accounts either are in conflict with, or lack, certain types of evidence necessary to make their cases--how they simply assume that female orgasm must exist because it helped females in the past reproduce. As she weighs the evidence, Lloyd takes on nearly everyone who has written on the subject: evolutionists, animal behaviorists, and feminists alike. Her clearly and cogently written book is at once a convincing case study of bias in science and a sweeping summary and analysis of what is known about the evolution of the intriguing trait of female orgasm.

Author : Melvin Konner
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780393246544

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Women After All: Sex, Evolution, and the End of Male Supremacy by Melvin Konner Pdf

“A sparkling, thought-provoking account of sexual differences. Whether you’re a man or a woman, you’ll find his conclusions gripping.”—Jared Diamond There is a human genetic fluke that is surprisingly common, due to a change in a key pair of chromosomes. In the normal condition the two look the same, but in this disorder one is malformed and shrunken beyond recognition. The result is a shortened life span, higher mortality at all ages, an inability to reproduce, premature hair loss, and brain defects variously resulting in attention deficit, hyperactivity, conduct disorder, hypersexuality, and an enormous excess of both outward and self-directed aggression. It is called maleness. Melvin Konner traces the arc of evolution to explain the relationships between women and men. With patience and wit he explores the knotty question of whether men are necessary in the biological destiny of the human race. He draws on multiple, colorful examples from the natural world—such as the mating habits of the octopus, black widow, angler fish, and jacana—and argues that maleness in humans is hardly necessary to the survival of the species. In characteristically humorous and engaging prose, Konner sheds light on our biologically different identities, while noting the poignant exceptions that challenge the male/female divide. We meet hunter-gatherers such as those in Botswana, whose culture gave women a prominent place, invented the working mother, and respected women’s voices around the fire. Recent human history has upset this balance, as a dense world of war fostered extreme male dominance. But our species has been recovering over the past two centuries, and an unstoppable move toward equality is afoot. It will not be the end of men, but it will be the end of male supremacy and a better, wiser world for women and men alike.

Author : Sarah Blaffer Hrdy
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2009-07-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780674038875

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The Woman That Never Evolved by Sarah Blaffer Hrdy Pdf

What does it mean to be female? Sarah Blaffer Hrdy--a sociobiologist and a feminist--believes that evolutionary biology can provide some surprising answers. Surprising to those feminists who mistakenly think that biology can only work against women. And surprising to those biologists who incorrectly believe that natural selection operates only on males. In The Woman That Never Evolved we are introduced to our nearest female relatives competitive, independent, sexually assertive primates who have every bit as much at stake in the evolutionary game as their male counterparts do. These females compete among themselves for rank and resources, but will bond together for mutual defense. They risk their lives to protect their young, yet consort with the very male who murdered their offspring when successful reproduction depends upon it. They tolerate other breeding females if food is plentiful, but chase them away when monogamy is the optimal strategy. When "promiscuity" is an advantage, female primates--like their human cousins--exhibit a sexual appetite that ensures a range of breeding partners. From case after case we are led to the conclusion that the sexually passive, noncompetitive, all-nurturing woman of prevailing myth never could have evolved within the primate order. Yet males are almost universally dominant over females in primate species, and Homo sapiens is no exception. As we see from this book, women are in some ways the most oppressed of all female primates. Sarah Blaffer Hrdy is convinced that to redress sexual inequality in human societies, we must first understand its evolutionary origins. We cannot travel back in time to meet our own remote ancestors, but we can study those surrogates we have--the other living primates. If women --and not biology--are to control their own destiny, they must understand the past and, as this book shows us, the biological legacy they have inherited.

Author : Sarah Jakes Roberts
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780785235569

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Woman Evolve by Sarah Jakes Roberts Pdf

A New York Times bestseller! With life lessons she’s learned and new insights from the story of Eve, Sarah Jakes Roberts shows you how past disappointments, struggles, and even mistakes can be used today to help you become the woman God intended. Who would imagine being friends with Eve—the woman who’s been held responsible for the fall of humanity (and cramps) for thousands of years? Certainly not Sarah Jakes Roberts. That is, not until Sarah discovered she is more like Eve than she cares to admit. Everyone faces trials, and everyone will mess up. But failure should not be the focus. Your focus should not be on who you were but rather the pursuit of who you can become. In Woman Evolve, Sarah helps you understand that your purpose in life does not change; it evolves. Making her mistake in the Garden of Eden, Eve became the first woman to deal with rebuilding her life in the aftermath of her past. Eve knew better, but she didn’t do better. With scriptural lessons, Eve as the framework, and Sarah as your guide you will discover and work through: Past issues and insecurities that haunt you Seeing yourself as God sees you and trusting Him with who you really are How to come out of darkness and pursue a real relationship with God Why it’s important to truly care for yourself Setting in motion the beautiful seed that God planted in you Your fears and insecurities may have changed how you viewed God, others, and yourself, but in Woman Evolve, you can break through and use past mistakes to revolutionize your life. Like Eve, you don’t have to live your future defined by your past.

Author : Richard O. Prum
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780385537223

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The Evolution of Beauty by Richard O. Prum Pdf

A FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW, SMITHSONIAN, AND WALL STREET JOURNAL A major reimagining of how evolutionary forces work, revealing how mating preferences—what Darwin termed "the taste for the beautiful"—create the extraordinary range of ornament in the animal world. In the great halls of science, dogma holds that Darwin's theory of natural selection explains every branch on the tree of life: which species thrive, which wither away to extinction, and what features each evolves. But can adaptation by natural selection really account for everything we see in nature? Yale University ornithologist Richard Prum—reviving Darwin's own views—thinks not. Deep in tropical jungles around the world are birds with a dizzying array of appearances and mating displays: Club-winged Manakins who sing with their wings, Great Argus Pheasants who dazzle prospective mates with a four-foot-wide cone of feathers covered in golden 3D spheres, Red-capped Manakins who moonwalk. In thirty years of fieldwork, Prum has seen numerous display traits that seem disconnected from, if not outright contrary to, selection for individual survival. To explain this, he dusts off Darwin's long-neglected theory of sexual selection in which the act of choosing a mate for purely aesthetic reasons—for the mere pleasure of it—is an independent engine of evolutionary change. Mate choice can drive ornamental traits from the constraints of adaptive evolution, allowing them to grow ever more elaborate. It also sets the stakes for sexual conflict, in which the sexual autonomy of the female evolves in response to male sexual control. Most crucially, this framework provides important insights into the evolution of human sexuality, particularly the ways in which female preferences have changed male bodies, and even maleness itself, through evolutionary time. The Evolution of Beauty presents a unique scientific vision for how nature's splendor contributes to a more complete understanding of evolution and of ourselves.

Author : Eliza Burt Gamble
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Dominance (Psychology)
ISBN : HARVARD:RSLXYF

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The Evolution of Woman by Eliza Burt Gamble Pdf

Author : Evelyn Reed
Publisher : New York ; Toronto : Pathfinder Press
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : History
ISBN : MINN:319510018378496

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Woman's Evolution from Matriarchal Clan to Patriarchal Family by Evelyn Reed Pdf

Assesses women's leading and still largely unknown contributions to the development of human civilization and refutes the myth that women have always been subordinate to men.

Author : Dennis Hopeless
Publisher : BOOM! Studios
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12-25
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 1684152836

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WWE: Women's Evolution by Dennis Hopeless Pdf

This volume of the hit series focuses on the WWE Women’s Evolution, and the groundbreaking female Superstars who have taken the wrestling world by storm. Sasha Banks. Charlotte Flair. Becky Lynch. Bayley. The Four Horsewomen.Their run in NXT ushered in a new era for women in WWE, and earned them a spot on Monday Night Raw. But what happens when one of the Horsewomen gets left behind? Follow Bayley’s attempt to ascend to the heights of her former sisters-in-arms in the untold story of the Women’s Evolution! Writer Dennis Hopeless (Jean Grey, Spider-Woman) and artist Serg Acuña take readers through one of the most exciting runs in WWE history in the fourth volume of the hit series.