Sexual Selection and The Descent of Man 1871 - 1971

Campbell, Bernard Edited By

ISBN 10: 0202020053 / ISBN 13: 9780202020051

Published by Aldine Publishing Company, Chicago IL, 1972

About this Item

378 pages. contributors: Ernst Caspari, Theodosious Dobzhansky, Loren Eiseley, Ernst Mayr, Robert K. Selander, George Gaylord Simpson and others; 6 1/4 x 9 1/2 ".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sexual Selection and The Descent of Man 1871 - 1971
• Publisher: Aldine Publishing Company, Chicago IL
• Publication Date: 1972
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0202020053
• ISBN 13: 9780202020051
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good in Very Good dust jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science, Physical Sciences, & Math

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Synopsis

This volume significantly broadens the scope of modern evolutionary biology by looking at the important and long-neglected concept of natural selection, in which sexual selection plays a complex role that has been little understood and is of great importance. In this classic book, which was the first full discussion of sexual selection since 1871, leading biologists bring modern genetic theory and behavior observation to bear on this subject. The distinguished authors consider many aspects of sexual selection in many species, including man, within the context of contemporary evolutionary theory and research.

About the Author

Bernard G. Campbell was professor of anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles. Born in Weybridge, England, he received his PhD from the University of Cambridge in 1957, and has been a lecturer in anthropology at Cambridge and Harvard universities. Among his many contributions to the field of anthropology are Human Evolution: An Introduction to Man’s Adaptations andSexual Selection and the Descent of Man.