Female Infidelity and Paternal Uncertainty - Evolutionary Perspectives on Male Anti-Cuckoldry Tactics (Hardcover, New)

Although commonly believed that males are more promiscuous than females, new research has revealed that female infidelity is a common occurrence throughout the animal kingdom. Female Infidelity and Paternal Uncertainty is the first book to address how males deal with the consequences of female infidelity and the strategies they have evolved to try to avoid the possibility of raising an offspring they unknowingly did not sire. Each chapter deals with a specific evolved strategy developed to aid males in either limiting opportunities for their mate to be unfaithful or to 'correct' the by-products of infidelity should it occur. With sections including mate guarding, intra-vaginal tactics and paternity assessment, this book will appeal to researchers and graduate students in behavioral biology, evolutionary psychology, human sexuality, anthropology, sociology, reproductive health and medicine.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2006
First published:	2006
Editors:	Steven M. Platek • Todd K. Shackelford
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	258
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-84538-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Zoology & animal sciences > Animal behaviour
LSN:	0-521-84538-6
Barcode:	9780521845380

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