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100 1 $aJones, Steve,$d1944-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92057503
245 10 $aY :$bthe descent of men /$cSteve Jones.
246 30 $aDescent of men
260 $aBoston :$bHoughton Mifflin,$c2003.
300 $axvii, 252 pages ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [225]-235) and index.
505 00 $tPreface: The Diminished Female -- $g1.$tNature's Sole Mistake -- $g2.$tThe Common Man -- $g3.$tSeven Ages of Manhood -- $g4.$tHydraulics for Boys -- $g5.$tMan Mutilated -- $g6.$tBois-Regard's Worms -- $g7.$tBend Sinister -- $g8.$tJames James's Skull -- $g9.$tPolymorphous Perversity -- $g10.$tA Martian on Venus -- $tEnvoi: The Descent of Men.
520 1 $a"Men's beards grow faster when their bearers expect some sex. Fewer sperm cells are made in summer. Circumcised boys are more frightened of injections than boys who have not undergone the operation. And the average length of a man's penis is less than six inches, while that of a blue whale is ten feet.".
520 8 $a"These are only a few of the remarkable facts that spill out in Y: The Descent of Men. Steve Jones offers an exploration of maleness, based on today's explosion of biological research about what makes a male - a topic of consuming interest to at least half the population. From what males consider to be the "prince of chromosomes" - the Y - to novel insights into men's hormones, hair loss, and the hydraulics of man's most intimate organ, Jones lays out the case for and against masculinity.".
520 8 $a"Steve Jones hints at a startling truth: men are the second sex. The Y chromosome is no longer an excuse for excess. Compared with their partners, men are in relative decline, whether in social status or in length of life. Both halves of the population have to learn to cope with the Y chromosome. This book helps show them how."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aHuman beings$xOrigin.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85080301
650 0 $aHuman evolution.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85062868
650 0 $aHuman genetics.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85062875
650 0 $aY chromosome.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148874
650 0 $aMasculinity.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85081797
650 0 $aMen$xPhysiology.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85083516
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hm031/2002027631.html
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