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Sexual selections : what we can and can't learn about sex from animals

by Marlene Zuk

This work explores how human biases colour our understanding of animal behaviour and evolutionary biology. It demonstrates how feminist perspectives can help analyse animal sexuality and diversity on its own terms, free from ideological agendas.

Accession 5898 ISBN 0520240758 Publisher University of California Press
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