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The work presents a comparative approach drawing on evidence across biology to explain credible origins of human mating systems, patterns of mate choice, and copulatory behavior. The preface also situates the book within the Darwin anniversary context and acknowledges contributions to manuscript preparation, research, and critical review.","Sexual Selection and the Origins of Human Mating Systems  \nThis page intentionally left blank  \nSexual Selection and the Origins of Human Mating Systems  \nAlan F. Dixson  \nSchool of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington  \n1  \n1  \nGreat Clarendon Street, Oxford ox2 6dp  \nOxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide in  \nOxford New York  \nAuckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto  \nWith offices in  \nArgentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore South Korea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and in certain other countries  \nPublished in the United States by Oxford University Press Inc., New York © Alan F. Dixson 2009  \nThe moral rights of the author have been asserted Database right Oxford University Press (maker) First edition published 2009  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced,  \nstored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, Re instate of the author in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of the author and Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reprographics rights organization. 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Is this the same place, This place of ashes?  \nRarawa Kerehoma  \nThis page intentionally left blank  \nPreface  \nPublication of this book, in 2009, was timed to coincide with the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin, and the 150th anniversary of the publication of The Origin of Species. Darwin’s work changed the entire course of modern biology, and his Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex (1871) was also, in its way, a pioneering work on sexology and evolution. Thus, Darwin attempted to apply his insights concerning evolution by sexual selection in animals to problems of human origins, sex differences in morphology, and behaviour.  \nThe current volume addresses many of the issues first raised by Darwin (as well as some new ones) and examines them in the light of modern ideas concerning human sexuality, reproduction, and evolutionary biology. The approach taken is a comparative one, incorporating information from many fields of biology, in order to produce a credible picture of the origins of human mating systems, patterns of mate choice, and copulatory behaviour.  \nMany people have helped me, either directly or indirectly during the three years I spent working on this book. My wife Amanda helped with the manuscript, and in particular with typing and checking the bibliography. Our son Barnaby drew many of the graphs and histograms for me using a computer (as I still draw everything by hand and am technologically challenged) . We also conducted collaborative, cross-cultural research together on various aspects of human morphology and mate choice. 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