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• Title:Out of Eden : the surprising consequences of polygamy / David P. Barash.
  
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• Author/Creator:Barash, David P., author.
  
• Published/Created:New York : Oxford University Press, 2016.
  

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  • Location:KOERNER LIBRARY stacks (Floor 1)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: GN480.33 .B37 2016
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Polygamy--History.
  Human behavior.
  
• Genre/Form:History.
  
• Edition:First edition.
  
• Description:230 pages ; 25 cm
  
• Summary:Esteemed writer and evolutionary biologist David P. Barash tackles this uncomfortable finding: that humans are actually biologically and anthropologically inclined toward polygamy. Drawing on decades of research, Barash presents a remarkable array of scientific evidence from evolutionary biology and cross-cultural studies that guide the reader through the hidden impacts of polygamy on such crucial behavior as violence, parenting, sexual preferences, adultery and efforts at monogamy itself, along with mind-bending speculation about the possible role of our polygamous predisposition when it comes to human genius, homosexuality and even monotheism.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:0190275502 hardcover
  9780190275501 hardcover
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: 1. Polygamy 101
  2. Violence
  3. Sex
  4. Parenting
  5. What About Monogamy?
  6. Adultery
  7. Genius, Homosexuality, and God: Three Hypotheses
  8. Hare and the Tortoise, Redux
  9. Losing Illusions.