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Sex Differences serves as an advanced text for courses in evolutionary and human biology, psychology, and sexuality and gender studies. It also serves as a reference source for academic professionals in these disciplines. The book covers the evolution of sex and sex differences, and sex differences and sexual strategies in non-human and human animals. The final chapter addresses issues of sex and gender in interpersonal relationships, organizations and politics. Diagrams, graphs, charts, and tables illustrate key concepts; cartoons and photos provide visual breaks and an element of humor. Key Features * Examines sexual differences from a multi-level comparative approach * Contains a thorough coverage of literature through 1998 and into 1999 * Illustrates pages with a generous use of cartoons, photos, figures, and diagrams * Invites bonus learning with special interest boxes interspersed throughout text * Presents a critical analysis * Includes a combination of feminist and evolutionary thinking

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.. .useful for the professors as well as the students. -ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR Mealey's contribution is an authoritative, well-written, and useful textbook ... -THE QUARTERLY REVIEW OF BIOLOGY .. .Linda Mealey's excellent textbook... the first and most comprehensive scientific book on sex differences... -PSYCHOLOGY, EVOLUTION & GENDER This highly informative, compelling and readable treatment... will forever change the way all of us think about why we are the way that we are. -Professor Robert Hinde, Cambridge University In summary, Sex Differences surpasses all earlier attempts at reaching the text book market in the field of evolutionary behavioral studies. -JOURNAL OF SEX RESEARCH The amount of literature reviewed for the book is vast... -POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT REVIEW .. .Linda Mealey is right on the mark... in her well-conceived and well-executed upper-division textbook on sex differences... -EVOLUTION AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR

.. .useful for the professors as well as the students. -ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR Mealey's contribution is an authoritative, well-written, and useful textbook ... -THE QUARTERLY REVIEW OF BIOLOGY .. .Linda Mealey's excellent textbook... the first and most comprehensive scientific book on sex differences... -PSYCHOLOGY, EVOLUTION & GENDER This highly informative, compelling and readable treatment... will forever change the way all of us think about why we are the way that we are. -Professor Robert Hinde, Cambridge University In summary, Sex Differences surpasses all earlier attempts at reaching the text book market in the field of evolutionary behavioral studies. -JOURNAL OF SEX RESEARCH The amount of literature reviewed for the book is vast... -POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT REVIEW .. .Linda Mealey is right on the mark... in her well-conceived and well-executed upper-division textbook on sex differences... -EVOLUTION AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR

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