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The Red Queen_ Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature - Matt Ridley [196]

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230, 246

Hybrid vigour, 101

Iban tribe, 195

Ibis, 222–3

Iliad (Homer), 197–8

Immune system, 68, 71–3

cross-reactivity of, 99

diseases of, 99

hormones and, 151–2

Imprinting, 276

Inbreeding, 43

Incas, 167, 191, 192, 234

Incest, 234–5, 273–6, 312

Independent (newspaper), 248

India

ancient, 191–2

infanticide in, 190

marriage practices in, 121

Individual selection, 35–9

Infanticide concealed ovulation and, 224

among primates, 205–7

sex-selective, 117, 121, 190

Infidelity, see Adultery

Inheritance, patterns of, 190–91, 230–35

Insertions, 82

Instability, 81–2

Instinct, 303–6, 312–13

Intelligence, 267, 299–333

artificial, 310

brain size and, 300–302

communication and, 321–3

competition and, 33

learning and, 303–6, 311–13

Machiavellian theory of, 322–6

nurture and nature and, 306

sexual selection and, 327–33

socioecological explanation of, 185

toolmaking and, 313–15

youth and, 331–2

Intragenomic conflict, 88

In-vitro fertilization, 116

Irons, William, 235

Jacot, Bernadine, 245

Jaenike, John, 74

James I, King of England, 304

James, William, 118

James, William (psychologist), 304

Japanese Sex Selection Society, 116

Jayakar, Suresh, 74

Jealousy, 227–30

Jenkins, Cheryl, 46

Jessel, David, 247, 267

Johnson, Larry, 116

Jollof tribe, 295

Joseph, Alex, 179

Judge, Debra, 122

Jumping genes, 82, 91–2

Junglefowl, 150

Kenrick, Douglas, 260

Kibbutzim, 251–2, 275

Kimura, Motoo, 32

Kingdon, Jonathan, 244

Kin selection, 74

Kinsey Institute, 175

Kipsigis tribe, 178

Kirkpatrick, Mark, 46, 159, 161

Kissinger, Henry, 166

Kondrashov, Alexey, 49–50, 76–7, 82, 83

Konner, Melvin, 241, 315, 322

Krebs, John, 65, 153, 323

! Kung San people, 187, 315, 322

Ladle, Richard, 82–3

Ladybird beetles, 103

Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste, 8

Language, 311, 321

gender differences in, 245, 249

intelligence and, 299

learning, 303–5

neoteny and, 317–18

proxy mate-guarding and, 221

Lark buntings, 178

Langtry, Lillie, 280

Larson, Gary, 65

Learning, 303–6, 318–19

brain mechanisms for, 310–13

Lee Kwan Yew, 301

Leigh, Egbert, 89, 95–6

Lekking, 136–7, 138, 141, 142, 145, 154, 162, 189, 214

Lévi-Strauss, Claude, 276

Lesbians, 176

pornography and, 262

Lienhart, R., 105

Life-dinner principle, 65

Linkage disequilibria, 46

Lions, 189, 222, 314–15

Lively, Curtis, 50, 78–80

Local-resource competition model, 113

Locke, John, 307

Lorenz, Konrad, 276

Lotka, Alfred, 81

Lottery theories, 55–7

Low, Bobbi, 154–6, 283, 291

Luteinizing hormone, 256

Maasai tribe, 144, 234

Macaulay, Lord, 323

McGuiness, Dianne, 249

Machiavellian hypothesis, 322–6

Male-killing genes, 101–4

Malinowski, Bronislaw, 229

Man the Toolmaker (Oakley), 313

Marler, Peter, 277

Marley, Bob, 238

Marr, David, 311

Marriage, 169–72, 204, 210

between cousins, 274–6

for life, 264–5

sex outside, see Adultery

wealth concentration through, 234–5

Mathematical tasks, 242, 249

Mating systems, 167–200, 203–36

adultery in, 209–36

of apes, 205–9

of birds, 209

ecology and, 180–86

violence and, 195–8

wealth and power and, 187–94, 230–35

Matrilineal societies, 231

Maximinus, 193

May, Robert, 81

Maynard Smith, John, 29, 37–8, 40, 54, 55, 57, 82, 83, 110, 177

Mead, Margaret, 308, 339

Meat-eating, 184

Medical Research Council (London), 118

Meiosis, 29–30, 44, 93, 94, 123

cost of, 37–8

Mendel, Gregor, 33

Menstrual cycle, 222

Mentality, gender differences in, 239–67

feminism and, 252–5

hormones and, 246–50

sexual, 257–63

Mercator, 337

Meselson, Matthew, 49, 54, 82

Michaelangelo, 272

Miller, Geoffrey, 326–32

Miocene era, 183

Mitochondria, 96, 271–2

Moir, Anne, 247, 267

Molecular biology, 40–44, 49

Møller, Anders, 133, 147–8, 214–16, 219

Monkeys

biased sex ratios in, 112–13

concealed ovulation in, 223

mating systems of, 180–81

promiscuity of, 205, 207

sexual selection in, 157

Monogamy, 169–72, 198–200

asymmetry and, 173

beauty and, 294, 295–6

among birds, 213

game theory and, 180

in history, 193, 194

modern, 186

personality and, 289

sexual selection and, 135–6, 140–41

territoriality and, 180

violence

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