Sex: a Natural History.JOANN ELLISON RODGERS You might have passed the sex-education class in high school and maybe garnered a little practical experience along the way, but chances are that that knowledge is a just sliver sliver in wool processing a continuous band of carded and combed wool which has not yet been twisted into yarn. of what sexual behavior sexual behavior A person's sexual practices–ie, whether he/she engages in heterosexual or homosexual activity. See Sex life, Sexual life. is really all about. In this amazingly comprehensive text, Rodgers examines the natural processes that underpin our sexuality and unearths the roots of people's sexual nature and primal urges. Sexual behavior is portrayed here from the molecular level to the mating stages of life. The book describes not only the biology behind sex, but also its evolutionary and cultural roots. Also, Rodgers presents some compelling revelations--why thinness in women has become sexy and what the mating habits of beetles beetles members of the insect order Coleoptera. They are common intermediate hosts for tapeworms. darkling beetles this and other mealworms are common inhabitants of poultry houses and are suspected of aiding in the transmission of can tell us about our own male-female relationships, for example. Rodgers synthesizes advances made from myriad fields, including genetics and neurobiology Neurobiology Study of the development and function of the nervous system, with emphasis on how nerve cells generate and control behavior. The major goal of neurobiology is to explain at the molecular level how nerve cells differentiate and develop their , to provide a cohesive treatise A scholarly legal publication containing all the law relating to a particular area, such as Criminal Law or Land-Use Control. Lawyers commonly use treatises in order to review the law and update their knowledge of pertinent case decisions and statutes. . Originally published in hardcover in 2002. W.H. Freeman, 2002, 515 pages, hardcover, $17.00. |
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