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Monogonont rotifers, 54, 55, 57, 83
Montagu, Ashley, 317
Montezuma, 191
Morality, 305–6
Mormons, 179
Morris, Desmond, 222
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 4
Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare), 270
Mukogodo people, 121, 188
Mulder, Monique Borgehoff, 178
Muller, Hermann, 31, 47–9, 60
Mutation, 32, 33, 44–50, 76
of ornamentation, 140, 145
outcrossing and, 43
rate of, 61
Nash, Ogden, 86, 238
Natural selection, 5, 6, 15, 235, 272
beauty and, 129–30
and competition within species, 34
genetic mixing and, 30
parasites and, 64
sexual selection and, 20
Nazism, 308
Nefertiti, 273, 280
Nematodes, 82, 83
Neoteny, 316–18, 330–32
Nero, 193
Neural networks, 310
New Guinea, 3–4, 143
Nordborg, Magnus, 117
Nurture and nature, 6–11, 169, 174–5, 244–5, 276
homosexuality and, 257, 271
intelligence and, 306
Oakley, Kenneth, 313
Oestrus, 208
Oldowan technology, 313
Onassis, Aristotle, 166
On the Origin of Species (Darwin), 7, 32, 58, 130
Opossums, 111–12
Opportunistic infections, 99
Organelles, 96–8, 100–104
Orang-utans, 207, 223
Orgasm, female, 216–19
Othello (Shakespeare), 228
Outcrossing, 30, 42, 43
Ovulation, concealed, 222–4
Owls, 224–5
Oysters, 56
Paglia, Camille, 255
Paramecium, 99–100
Parasites, 63–84
altitude and, 76, 77
cross-reactivity to, 99
gender-altering, 104–5
genetic, 92–3
immune system and, 71–3
instability and, 81–2
sexual selection and, 145–7, 150–53, 162
Parthenogenesis, 37–8, 40
Pastoral societies, 187–8, 204
Paul, St, 233
Peafowl, 129, 130–31, 132, 135, 136, 145, 146, 149, 152–3, 159, 160, 172–3
Personality, 289–90
Phalaropes, 174, 246
Pheasants, 135–6, 286
Piaget, Jean, 322, 339
Pinker, Steve, 318, 321
Pitcairn Islanders, 195
Plagues, 63
Plasmids, 92
Platyfish, 157
Playboy, 279, 283
Playgirl, 263
Pleistocene period, 186, 199, 243, 244, 246, 254, 258, 264, 279, 291, 312, 318
Poggio, Tomaso, 311
Polar bears, 18
Polyandry, 170–71
among birds, 214
Polygamy, 111, 114, 167–8, 170, 198–200, 204, 210
adultery and, 224–7
ecology and, 185
gender asymmetry and, 171–4
in history, 190–94
among hunter-gatherers, 221
among mammals, 213
parasites and, 146
serial, 177–9
sexual selection and, 135
size and, 330
spatial skills and, 239, 242–3
variations of, 186
wealth and, 187–8, 234–5
Polygamy threshold model, 178–80
Polymorphism, 69–71, 73, 74, 81
Polyploidy, 43–4
Pomiankowski, Andrew, 93, 147, 148–9, 161, 162
Pope, Alexander, 336
Pornography, 258, 262–3
Potts, Wayne, 73
Poultry industry, 119
Power, 167–8, 187–94, 198–9, 236, 258–9
inheritance patterns and, 230–35
Predators, 63–4, 71
Premature death, causes of, 62–3
Primates, see Apes; Monkeys
Primogeniture, 232–4
Progesterone, 247
Progress
evolution and, 27, 31, 60–61, 62
relativity of, 17–18
Promiscuity, 257–8
homosexual, 175–6
inheritance and, 231 See also Adultery
Prostitution, 173, 175, 176
war and, 198
Protozoa, 48
Proust, Marcel, 322
Pseudogamy, 38
Psychology, 307, 308
Puberty, 250, 255, 256
Race, 12–13
sexual selection and, 130
Racism, 7–8
sexism and, 265–6
Rape husbands of victims of, 229
in war, 198
Ray, Thomas, 67
Reciprocity, 74, 187, 189
Recombination, 30, 41–4, 46, 48, 60
generation length and, 68–9
Recursion, 318
Reptiles, immune system of, 68, 71
Returning-soldier effect, 117–18
Roach fish, 152
Romance novels, 262–3
Rome, ancient, 193–4, 195
Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare), 97, 126, 138
Rose, Michael, 91
Rotifers, 53–5, 57, 82–3
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 305
Royal Society (London), 28
Rozin, Paul, 293
Rubens, Peter Paul, 272, 281
Ryan, Michael, 156–7, 159, 162
San tribe, 10
Scale insects, 77, 93
Scheherazade effect, 328–9
Sea horses, 173–4
Seals, 18
Searcy, William, 160
Seduction, 149–50, 153, 156, 171, 172
adultery and, 210
Segregation distorter, 93–4
Segregation theory of sex, 46
Seid, Roberta, 279
Self-Made Man and His Undoing (Kingdon), 244
Sex chromosomes, 95, 105–10, 116–18, 256, 271
Sex and Evolution (Williams), 40
Sexism, 240–41, 250–54
racism and, 265–6
Sex ratios, biased, 104, 110