作者:
麦特‧瑞德里 出版社: 时报文化出版企业股份有限公司 副标题: 性與人性的演化 原作名: Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature 译者:
范昱峰 出版年: 2000-4-24 页数: 348 定价: NT$ 320 装帧: 平装 ISBN: 9789571331201
Whereas a female gorilla will mate about ten times for every baby that is born, a female chimpanzee will mate five hundred to a thousand times and bonobo up to three thousand times. A female bonobo is rarely harassed by a nearby male for mating with a more junior male: mating is so frequent that it rarely leads to conception. Indeed, the whole anatomy of male aggression is reduced in bonobos: males are no larger than females and spend less energy trying to rise in the male hierarchy than ordinary chimpanzees. The best strategy for a male bonobo intent on genetic eternity is to eat his greens, get a good night's sleep and prepare for a long day of fornication. (查看原文)
Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that! (现在你看,你已经尽了全力奔跑,却仍然停在一个地方,如果你想去别的地方,必须跑得比现在快一倍...
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1 有用 丁丁虫 2010-12-31 13:39:39
看书名完全没看出这是讲进化论的科普书,而且写的居然还不错
0 有用 查姆查姆S 2013-01-01 21:45:56
这本书科普得不错的~很有趣。
0 有用 查姆查姆S 2013-01-01 21:45:56
这本书科普得不错的~很有趣。
1 有用 丁丁虫 2010-12-31 13:39:39
看书名完全没看出这是讲进化论的科普书,而且写的居然还不错