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VICTORIA LAPORTA

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Primera edición: octubre, 1999

Título original: Why is Sex Fun?
@ Jared Diamond, 1997
@ De la traducción, Victoria Laporta
@ De la versión castellana, Editorial Debate, S. A.,
O'Donnell, 19, 28009 Madrid

I.S.B.N.: 84-8306-230-5
Depósito legal: B. 31.192-1999
Impreso en Limpergraf, Ripollet (Barcelona)
Impreso en España (Printed in Spain)

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 Para Marie, mi mejor amiga,
coprogenitora, amante y esposa.

3
SUMARIO

Prefacio

1. El animal con la vida sexual más extravagante

2. La batalla de los sexos
3. ¿Por qué los hombres no dan el pecho a sus bebés? La no evolución de la lactancia
masculina
4. El momento equivocado para el amor: la evolución del sexo recreativo
5. ¿Para qué sirven los hombres? La evolución de los papeles masculinos
6. Hacer más haciendo menos: la evolución de la menopausia femenina
7. La verdad en el anuncio: la evolución de las señales corporales

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 BIBLI OGRAFÍA

He aquí algunas sugerencias para los lectores cuyo interés haya sido suficientemente
estimulado como para lecturas adicionales. La primera lista está compuesta por libros sobre
sexualidad, comportamiento, primates, razonamiento evolutivo y otras materias relacionadas
con todo ello. Muchos están escritos para que puedan ser comprendidos por profanos sin
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hallados en librerías. La segunda 1ista consiste en una docena de ejemplos de artículos
técnicos, escritos para científicos y que describen algunos de los estudios específicos que yo
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Cronin, Helena. The Ant and the Peacock: Altruism and Sexual Selection from Darwin to
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Alexander, Richard D. «How Did Humans Evolve?» Publicación especial núm. 1. University
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Kodric-Brown, Astrid y James H. Brown. «Truth in Advertising: The Kinds of Traits Favored
by Sexual Selection». American Naturalist 124 (1984): 309-323.
Oring, Lewis W., David B. Lank y Stephen J. Maxson. «Population Studies of the
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