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  title info:
    title: Sex at dawn
    sub title: the prehistoric origins of modern sexuality
  name:
    name part: Ryan, Christopher
    name part: 1962-
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Jethá, Cacilda.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    date issued: 2010
    edition: 1st ed.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xiii, 400 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
  abstract: "A controversial, idea-driven book that challenges everything you know about sex, marriage, family, and society"--Provided by publisher.
  abstract: Since Darwin's day, we've been told that sexual monogamy comes naturally to our species. But this narrative is collapsing. Here, renegade thinkers Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jethá, while debunking almost everything we "know" about sex, offer a bold alternative explanation. Ryan and Jethá's central contention is that human beings evolved in egalitarian groups that shared food, child care, and, often, sexual partners. Weaving together convergent, frequently overlooked evidence from anthropology, archaeology, primatology, anatomy, and psychosexuality, the authors show how far from human nature monogamy really is. With intelligence, humor, and wonder, Ryan and Jethá show how our promiscuous past haunts our struggles over monogamy, sexual orientation, and family dynamics. Human beings everywhere and in every era have confronted the same familiar, intimate situations in surprisingly different ways. The authors expose the ancient roots of human sexuality while pointing toward a more optimistic future illuminated by our innate capacities for love, cooperation, and generosity.--From publisher description.
  note: Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jethá.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages [315]-380) and index.
  subject:
    topic: Sex
  subject:
    topic: Sex
    topic: History
  subject:
    topic: Sex customs
  subject:
    topic: Marriage
  subject:
    topic: Monogamous relationships
  subject:
    topic: Primates
    topic: Sexual behavior
  subject:
    topic: Sexual behavior in animals
  subject:
    topic: Social evolution
  subject:
    topic: Human evolution
  classification: HQ12 .R93 2010
  classification: 306.7
  identifier: 9780061707803 (hc)
  identifier: 0061707805
  identifier: 2009045457
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    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 091027
    record change date: 20180223134601.0
    record identifier: in00002607077