Why We Do It: Rethinking Sex and the Selfish Gene

Eldredge, Niles

ISBN 10: 0393050823 / ISBN 13: 9780393050820

Published by W.W. Norton, New York, 2004

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8vo, 269 pp.

Seller Inventory # 022527

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Why We Do It: Rethinking Sex and the Selfish Gene
• Publisher: W.W. Norton, New York
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393050823
• ISBN 13: 9780393050820
• Binding: hardcover
• Edition: 1st.
• Condition: Fine copy in fine dust jacket
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Biology

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Synopsis

An evolutionary biologist argues against the belief that sexual behavior is governed by genes, identifying an intricate interplay among humans that involves day-to-day survival, reproduction, and learned cultural factors.

About the Author

Niles Eldredge is a paleontologist and a curator at the American Museum of Natural History and the author of many books on evolutionary theory. He lives in Ridgewood, New Jersey.