The Woman That Never Evolved

With a New Preface and Bibliographical Updates

Revised Edition

Sarah Blaffer Hrdy

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Preface, 1999: On Raising Darwin's Consciousness

1. Some Women That Never Evolved

2. An Initial Inequality

3. Monogamous Primates: A Special Case

4. A Climate for Dominant Females

5. The Pros and Cons of Males

6. Competition and Bonding among Females

7. The Primate Origins of Female Sexuality

8. A Disputed Legacy

Afterword

Taxonomy of the Primate Order

Notes

Bibliographical Updates, 1999

Index

  • Cover: The Woman That Never Evolved
  • A photo of the author

Sarah Blaffer Hrdy is Professor Emerita of Anthropology at University of California–Davis.