Nature's Nether Regions: What the Sex Lives of Bugs, Birds, & Beasts Tell Us About Evolutions, Biodiversity, & Ourselves
de Menno Schilthuizen
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0670785911
- ISBN 13
- 9780670785919
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Sinopsis
Sex, humor, and the story of evolution you’ve never heard before What’s the easiest way to tell species apart? Check their genitals. Researching private parts was long considered taboo, but scientists are now beginning to understand that the wild diversity of sex organs across species can tell us a lot about evolution. Menno Schilthuizen invites readers to join him as he uncovers the ways the shapes and functions of genitalia have been molded by complex Darwinian struggles: penises that have lost their spines but evolved appendages to displace sperm; female orgasms that select or reject semen from males, in turn subtly modifying the females’ genital shape. We learn why spiders masturbate into miniature webs, discover she-dungflies that store sperm from attractive males in their bellies, and see how, when it comes to outlandish appendages and bizarre behaviors, humans are downright boring. Nature’s Nether Regions joyfully demonstrates that the more we learn about the multi-form private parts of animals, the more we understand our own unique place in the great diversity of life.
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- Librería
- Powell's Bookstores Chicago (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- Z0221919
- Título
- Nature's Nether Regions: What the Sex Lives of Bugs, Birds, & Beasts Tell Us About Evolutions, Biodiversity, & Ourselves
- Autor
- Menno Schilthuizen
- Estado del libro
- Used - Very Good
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 0670785911
- ISBN 13
- 9780670785919
- Editorial
- Viking
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Primera fecha de publicación de esta edición
- 2014-05-01
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