Female Infidelity and Paternal Uncertainty: Evolutionary Perspectives on Male Anti-Cuckoldry Tactics

by Steven M. Platek

Book Overview

Although commonly believed that males are more promiscuous than females, new research has revealed that female infidelity is a common occurrence throughout the animal kingdom. Female Infidelity and Paternal Uncertainty is the first book to address how males deal with the consequences of female infidelity and the strategies they have evolved to try to avoid the possibility of raising an offspring they unknowingly did not sire. Each chapter deals with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521607345
• ISBN13: 9780521607346
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.9" x 9.7"