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Nature's Nether Regions: What the Sex Lives of Bugs, Birds, and Beasts Tell Us About Evolution, Biodiversity, and Ourselves

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Nature's Nether Regions: What the Sex Lives of Bugs, Birds, and Beasts Tell Us About Evolution, Biodiversity, and Ourselves

The story of evolution as youâ€™ve never heard it before
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Whatâ€™s the easiest way to tell species apart? Check their genitals. Researching private parts was long considered taboo, but scientists are now beginning to understand that the wild diversity of sex organs across species can tell us a lot about evolution.
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Menno Schilthuizen invites readers to join him as he uncovers the ways the shapes and functions of genitalia have been molded by complex Darwinian struggles: penises that have lost their spines but evolved appendages to displace sperm; female orgasms that select or reject semen from males, in turn subtly modifying the femalesâ€™ genital shape. We learn why spiders masturbate into miniature webs, discover she dungflies that store sperm from attractive males in their bellies, and see how, when it comes to outlandish appendages and bizarre behaviors, humans are downright boring.
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Natureâ€™s Nether Regions joyfully demonstrates that the more we learn about the multiform private parts of animals, the more we understand our own unique place in the great diversity of life.

Country	USA
Author	Menno Schilthuizen
Binding	Hardcover
EAN	9780670785919
Edition	1st Edition, 1st Printing
ISBN	0670785911
Label	Viking
Manufacturer	Viking
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	256
PublicationDate	2014-05-01
Publisher	Viking
ReleaseDate	2014-05-01
Studio	Viking

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