The Red Queen_ Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature - Matt Ridley
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THE RED QUEEN
‘Why have animals been put to the trouble of creating separate males and females to reproduce sexually, when asexual reproduction requires much less time and effort? … The surprising answer, according to Ridley, is that sexual reproduction evolved to beat disease … This remarkable book draws together many of the latest strands of scientific thinking, to create a coherent explanation both for sexual reproduction and for the extraordinary explosion in human brainpowe ...