El nuevo enfoque de la evolución sobre la mujer: ¿otra insurgencia científica?

Abstract

We argue that the female body better exhibits the incredible flexibility of reproductive options made possible during evolution than does the male body. Female bodies and lives reflect the tremendous changes in the process of reproduction, from mammals that gestate young inside their bodies and suckle them after birth, to primates that carry infants continuously and have long lasting social and emotional ties with them, to humans who exaggerate and lengthen the primate pattern. Reproduction is so different for males and females that it does not make sense to view then through an undifferentiated construct of reproductive success. For males, mating can be the only contribution to reproduction. But for females, mating is the first step in a long process.