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Sexual Selection and the Origins of Human Mating Systems Other -

by Alan F. Dixson


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  • Title Sexual Selection and the Origins of Human Mating Systems
  • Author Alan F. Dixson
  • Binding Other
  • Pages 229
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, USA
  • ISBN 9780191569739 / 0191569739
  • Dewey Decimal Code 591.562

About the author


Alan Dixson was educated in England at the University of Nottingham, where he obtained a BSc in Zoology (1970) and at the University of Birmingham Medical School, where he was awarded a PhD (1973) and a DSc in Biological Sciences (1993). His research has involved comparative studies of reproductive biology and the evolution of sexuality in primates and in other mammals. He has held posts at the Zoological Society of London (1976-1983), Medical Research Council UK (1983-1999), International Medical Research Centre in Gabon (1989-1992), Sub-Department of Animal Behaviour, University of Cambridge (1993-1998) and was Director of Conservation and Science at the Zoological Society of San Diego in the USA (1999- 2005). He is currently a professor in the School of Biological Sciences at Victoria University of Wellington, in New Zealand. Alan Dixson has authored, or co-authored, more than 140 papers and books. Books by the Same Author:
Primate Sexuality
Paternity in Primates: Tests and Theories
Natural History of the Gorilla