Donald Symons

Nature versus nurture - nowhere is the debate more heated than in the areas of sex and sex differences. The Evolution of Human Sexuality adds fuel to the fire. Symons's thesis is that some of the typical differences between men and women in sexual behaviors, attitudes and feelings are innate: identical rearing of males and females will not result in identical sexualities.Anthropology, Sexual Studies, Psychology, Sociology, Gender and Cultural Studies

Pp. (8), 246; 47 black-and-white photos and fine line-drawings each showing rhesus monkeys in play. Publisher's original black cloth, lettered in orange on the spine, red pictorial dust jacket lettered in black, 8vo. This volume provides a qualitative and quantitative description of aggressive play with the object of clarifying its function. The author hypothesizes that the primary function of aggressive play is the practice and perfection of skills in predator avoidance and fighting. The study took place in Puerto Rico among free-ranging macaques near La Parguera. No ownership marks.