Eldredge, Niles,

Why we do it : rethinking sex and the selfish gene / Niles Eldredge. - First edition. - 269 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-258) and index.

The duality of life -- Obsessed with genes -- Chickens and eggs : the two sides of life -- The natural economy -- The consequences of baby making -- Economics + babies + times = evolution -- Clones, colonies, and social life -- Human singularities -- Naught so queere as folke : the strange biology of modern humans -- The human triangle -- Sex decoupled -- Up close and personal : sex, power, money and babies -- Sex, economics, and babies in social systems -- A moral to the story. Pt. 1. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Pt. 2. Ch. 7. Pt. 3. Ch. 8. Ch. 9. Ch. 10. Ch. 11.

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Sex (Biology)
Sociobiology.
Human evolution

QP251 / .E42 2004

155.3