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A Darwinian Look

at Human Behavior

Bobbi S. Low

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS

PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY

Published by Princeton University Press, 41 William Street,

Princeton, New Jersey 08540

In the United Kingdom: Princeton University Press,

Chichester, West Sussex

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Low, Bobbi S.

Why sex matters : a Darwinian look at human behavior /

Bobbi S. Low.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN 0-691-02895-8 (alk. paper)

1. Human evolution.

2. Sex role.

3. Nature and nurture.

4. Sociobiology.

I. Title.

GN281.4.L68

1999

305.3—dc21

99-24612

This book has been composed in Palatino Typeface

The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements

of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (R1997) ( Permanence of Paper )

http://pup.princeton.edu

Printed in the United States of America

10987654321

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