Description: A fascinating look at the
evolution of reproduction.
From the Publisher’s
Description: “One thousand million years ago, a huge
revolution occurred on Earth--sex happened for the first time. From that moment
on, the world became ever more colorful and bizarre, ringing with elaborate
songs and dances, epic battles, and rallying cries as the desires of males and
females collided, generation after generation, in an unbroken chain of sex
going back to the dawn of complex life on Earth.
Animal
life rings, bleeds, and howls with sex. It's everywhere. Right now warring
hordes are locking horns, preening feathers, rampaging lustfully across the
savanna, questioning the fidelity of the ones they love. A million females
choose; a billion penises ejaculate (or snap off); a trillion sperm battle,
block, and tackle. Sex made planet Earth, well, sexy.
Writing in a brilliantly engaging style, biologist
Jules Howard leads readers on a guided tour of the how and why of sex on Earth,
in all its diversity. From sperm wars to cuckoldry, hermaphrodites, virgin
births, "exploding" penises, and mallards' "booby-trapped"
vaginas, Sex on Earth explores and celebrates the wonders and
peculiarities of animal reproduction.”
About the Author: Jules
Howard is a
zoologist, nature writer, and blogger (www.juleshoward.co.uk). He is a regular
contributor to the Guardian, the Independent, and
BBC Wildlife Magazine.
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