Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-352) and index.

contents:
Preface -- Adolescent male-female interaction -- Affection between the sexes -- Affection, same-sex display of -- Age-grades -- Age-sets -- Altruism -- Associations -- Attachment, primary -- Attractiveness -- Avoidance relationships -- Betrothal -- Boasting -- Bride capture -- Bride price -- Bride service -- Chaperons -- Child betrothal -- Concubinage -- Continence as a virtue -- Courtship -- Cuckoldry -- Deference of wife to husband -- Defloration customs -- Descent rules and groups -- Differential reproductive success -- Divorce -- Double standard in sexual behavior -- Dowry -- Elderly -- Elopement -- Endogamy -- Exogamy -- Family -- Family life -- Family sleeping arrangements -- Fathers attending births -- Female seclusion -- Fictive kin -- Fitness -- Foreplay -- Friendships, adult -- Gift exchange -- Household -- Human relationships, evolution of -- Husband-wife eating arrangements -- Husband-wife joint work activities -- Husband-wife leisure -- Husband-wife relationships -- Husband-wife sleeping arrangements -- Hypergamy -- Impotence -- Incest taboo -- Jealousy between co-wives -- Jealousy between males and females -- Joking relationships -- Kin selection -- Kinship -- Kinship terminology -- Levirate -- Love magic -- Male-female hostility -- Male-female interaction -- Male-female status, relative -- Male sexual aggression -- Marriage -- Marriage, arranged -- Marriage, cousin -- Marriage, trial -- Marriage age -- Marriage ceremonies -- Marriage flexibility -- Marriage forms -- Marriage partners, criteria for choosing -- Marriage partners, selection of -- Men’s houses -- Menstrual taboos -- Modesty -- Natural selection -- Newlyweds -- Parents-in-law -- Pregnancy, premarital -- Promiscuity -- Prostitution -- Rape -- Reproductive strategies -- Residence rules -- Respect relationships -- Romantic love -- Segregation of children from parents -- Segregation of sexes in childhood -- Sex, attitudes toward -- Sex, extramarital -- Sex, frequency of -- Sex, initiative in -- Sex, premarital -- Sex, talk about -- Sex, techniques for initiating -- Sex taboo, postpartum -- Sex taboos -- Sex training in childhood -- Sexual behavior, same-sex -- Sexual partners, first -- Sexual receptivity -- Sexual relations, patterns of -- Sexual relations, privacy in -- Sexual selection -- Sleep-crawling -- Sororate -- Spouse beating -- Transvestism -- Virginity -- Wedding night -- Widow remarriage -- Widower remarriage -- Wife sharing -- Woman exchange -- Bibliography -- Illustration credits -- Index.