Evolution of Vulnerability: Implications for Sex Differences in Health and Development

by David C. Geary

Biologists have known for decades that many traits involved in competition for mates or other resources and that influence mate choice are exaggerated, and their expression is influenced by the individuals' ability to tolerate a variety of environmental and social stressors. Evolution of Vulnerability applies this concept of heightened sensitivity to humans for a host of physical, social, psychological, cognitive, and brain traits. By reframing the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0128015624
• ISBN13: 9780128015629
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Academic Press
• Length: 444 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"