An edition of Sex, Time and Power (2003)

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An edition of Sex, Time and Power (2003)

Sex, Time, and Power

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This book offers a tantalizing answer to an age-old question: Why did big-brained Homo sapiens suddenly emerge some 150,000 years ago? Drawing on an awesome breadth of research, Shlain shows how, long ago, the narrowness of the newly bipedal human female’s pelvis and the increasing size of infants’ heads precipitated a crisis for the species. Natural selection allowed for the adaptation of the human female to this environmental stress by reconfiguring her hormonal cycles, entraining them with the periodicity of the moon. The results, however, did much more than ensure our existence; they imbued women with the concept of time, and gave them control over sex—a power that males sought to reclaim. And the possibility of achieving immortality through heirs drove men to construct patriarchal cultures that went on to dominate so much of human history.

From the nature of courtship to the evolution of language, this brilliant and wide-ranging exploration stimulates new thinking about very old matters.

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Cover of: Sex, Time, and Power
Sex, Time, and Power
2008, Penguin Group USA, Inc.
Electronic resource in English
Cover of: Sex, Time, and Power
Sex, Time, and Power: How Woman's Sexuality Shaped Human Evolution
March 26, 2004, Audio Literature
Audio cassette in English - Abridged edition
Cover of: Sex, Time, and Power
Sex, Time, and Power: How Women's Sexuality Shaped Human Evolution
July 27, 2004, Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Cover of: Sex, Time and Power
Sex, Time and Power: How Women's Sexuality Shaped Human Evolution
2003, Viking
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Cover of: Sex, Time and Power
Sex, Time and Power: How Women's Sexuality Shaped Human Evolution
August 14, 2003, Viking Adult
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HQ23.S486 2003

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OL24270531M
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9780786585397, 9781429501712
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"She died an agonizingly slow and painful death."

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