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Sexual Selection in Primates provides an account of all aspects of sexual selection in primates, combining theoretical insights, comprehensive reviews of the primate literature and comparative perspectives from relevant work on other mammals, birds and humans. Topics include sex roles, sexual dimorphism in weapons, ornaments and armaments, sex ratios, sex differences in behaviour and development, mate choice, sexual conflict, sex-specific life history strategies, sperm competition and infanticide. The outcome of the evolutionary struggle between the sexes, the flexibility of roles and the leverage of females are discussed and emphasised throughout. Sexual Selection in Primates is aimed at graduates and researchers in primatology, animal behaviour, evolutionary biology and comparative psychology.

Primates --- Sexual selection in animals. --- Animals, Sexual selection in --- Natural selection --- Sexual behavior in animals --- Behavior.

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In this book, the authors present current research in the study of the evolutionary perspectives, mating strategies and long-term effects on genetic variation of sexual selection. Topics discussed in this compilation include sexual dimorphism in insect longevity; evidence of natural and sexual selection shaping the size of nuptial gifts among a single bush-cricket genus; mate choice copying in both sexes of the guppy; and sexual selection under parental choice.

Sexual selection in animals. --- Variation (Biology) --- Biological variation --- Biology --- Heredity --- Genetics --- Mutation (Biology) --- Animals, Sexual selection in --- Natural selection --- Sexual behavior in animals

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Animal ethology and ecology. Sociobiology --- Insects --- Sexual selection in animals --- Reproduction --- Insectes --- Sélection sexuelle chez les animaux --- Behavior --- Evolution --- Moeurs et comportement --- Sélection sexuelle chez les animaux --- Animals, Sexual selection in --- Natural selection --- Sexual behavior in animals --- Insect behavior --- Amphimixis --- Generation --- Pangenesis --- Procreation --- Biology --- Life (Biology) --- Physiology --- Sex (Biology) --- Embryology --- Generative organs --- Theriogenology --- Insects - Behavior --- Insects - Evolution

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Alan Dixson demonstrates how detailed comparative analyses of the anatomy, reproductive physiology, and behaviour of non-human primates and other mammals can offer profound insights into the origins of human sexual behaviour.

Sex. --- Sexual selection in animals. --- Human behavior. --- Human evolution. --- Evolution (Biology) --- Physical anthropology --- Evolutionary psychology --- Human beings --- Action, Human --- Behavior, Human --- Ethology --- Human action --- Human biology --- Psychology --- Social sciences --- Psychology, Comparative --- Animals, Sexual selection in --- Natural selection --- Sexual behavior in animals --- Gender (Sex) --- Human sexuality --- Sex (Gender) --- Sexual behavior --- Sexual practices --- Sexuality --- Sexology --- Origin --- Behavior

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This book traces the history of how evolutionary biology transformed its understanding of females from being coy, reserved and sexually passive, to having active sexual strategies and often mating with multiple males. Why did it take so long to discover female active sexual strategies? What prevented some researchers from engaging in sexually active females, and what prompted others to develop this new knowledge? The Female Turn provides a global overview of shifting perceptions about females in sexual selection research on a wide range of animals, from invertebrates to primates. Evolutionary biologist and feminist science scholar Malin Ah-King explores this history from a unique interdisciplinary vantage point. Based on extensive knowledge of the scientific literature on sexual selection and in-depth interviews with leading researchers, pioneers and feminist scientists in the field, her analysis engages with key theoretical approaches in gender studies of science. Analyzing the researchers’ scientific interests, theoretical frameworks, specific study animals, technological innovations, methodologies and sometimes feminist insights, reveals how these have shaped conclusions drawn about sex. Thereby, The Female Turn shows how certain researchers gained knowledge about active females whereas others missed, ignored or delayed it – that is, how ignorance was produced. Malin Ah-King is an evolutionary biologist (PhD) and Associate Professor in Gender Studies at the department of Ethnology, History of Religions and Gender Studies, Stockholm University in Sweden. She is a gender and science researcher, specializing in feminist science studies of sexual selection, and has authored numerous articles concerning gender and queer perspectives on biology. .

Science—Social aspects. --- Sex. --- Science—History. --- Anthropology. --- Science and Technology Studies. --- Gender Studies. --- History of Science. --- Primitive societies --- Human beings --- Gender (Sex) --- Human sexuality --- Sex (Gender) --- Sexual behavior --- Sexual practices --- Sexuality --- Sexology --- Social sciences --- Sexual selection in animals. --- Females --- Physiology. --- Physiology --- Animals, Sexual selection in --- Natural selection --- Sexual behavior in animals