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SEX AND EVOLUTION
By: Ronald F. White, Ph.D.
Professor of Philosophy
Introduction
• Why Study Sex?
• Philosophical Issues
– Nature v. Nurture
• Scientific Issues
– Natural Selection v. Sexual Selection
– Ethology-Humans and Animals
– Evolutionary Psychology
• Social and Political Issues
– Treatment of Women
– Attitudes Toward Sex
– Sex, Politics, and Religion
Evolution and Sex
• Sexual Reproduction
– Bearing of Progeny (R strategy)
– Caring for Progeny (K strategy)
• Sexual Reproduction among other species
• Sexual Reproduction Among Primates
• Sexual Reproduction Among Humans
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Sex in Private
Sex for Fun
Human Orgasm
Female Menopause
Homosexuality
The Basics
• Biological Evolution
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Variation
Natural Selection
Population Thinking
Evolutionarily Stable Strategies
• Game Theory
• Genetic Evolution
– Selfish Gene Theory
– Survival Machines
• Sexual Dimorphism
– Male Survival Machines
– Female Survival Machines
Physical Characteristics
• Males
• Females
Psychological/Behavioral
Characteristics
• Males
• Females
Cultural Evolution
• Social Environment
– Language
• Memetic Theory
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