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Evolution’s Rainbow

Diversity, Gender, and Sexuality in Nature and People, with a New Preface

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Evolution’s Rainbow

By: Joan Roughgarden
Narrated by: Carrington MacDuffie
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 In this innovative celebration of diversity and affirmation of individuality in animals and humans, Joan Roughgarden challenges accepted wisdom about gender identity and sexual orientation. A distinguished evolutionary biologist, Roughgarden takes on the medical establishment, the Bible, social science--and even Darwin himself. She leads the reader through a fascinating discussion of diversity in gender and sexuality among fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds, and mammals, including primates. Evolution's Rainbow explains how this diversity develops from the action of genes and hormones and how people come to differ from each other in all aspects of body and behavior. Roughgarden reconstructs primary science in light of feminist, gay, and transgender criticism and redefines our understanding of sex, gender, and sexuality. A new preface shows how this witty, playful, and daring book has revolutionized our understanding of sexuality.©2004 Joan Roughgarden (P)2012 Audible, Inc. Anthropology Biological Sciences Evolution Evolution & Genetics Gender Studies Science Social Sciences Witty

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