How Women Got Their Curves and Other Just-So Stories: Evolutionary Enigmas

David P. Barash, Ph.D. and Judith Eve Lipton, M.D.

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Paper, 224 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-14665-4
$19.95 / £13.95

April, 2009
Cloth, 224 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-14664-7
$29.95 / £19.95

1.Introduction

2.On Scientific Mysteries and Just-So Stories

3.Why Munstruate?

4.Invisible Ovulation

5.Breasts and Other Curves

6.The Enigmatic Orgasm

7.The Menopause Mystery

8.Epilogue: The Lure of the Limpopo

Related Subjects

• Biology
• Psychology
• Women's Studies
• Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

About the Author

David P. Barash is an evolutionary biologist and professor of psychology at the University of Washington. An early pioneer of sociobiology, he is the author of twenty-four books, including, with Judith Eve Lipton, The Myth of Monogamy: Fidelity and Infidelity in Animals and People.Judith Eve Lipton is a clinical psychiatrist specializing in women's health and, with David P. Barash, the author of Gender Gap: The Biology of Male-Female Differences and Making Sense of Sex: How Genes and Gender Influence Our Relationships.

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