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Straight Science?: Homosexuality, Evolution and Adaptation (Hardcover)

by Jim McKnight (Author) "Male homosexuality is a major puzzle for evolutionary theory, for if evolution has a purpose it is reproductive fitness, the passing of our genes to..." (more)

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Hardcover: 232 pages
Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (14 Aug 1997)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0415157722
ISBN-13: 978-0415157728
Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.8 x 2.2 cm

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Jim McKnight examines both the biological and the social evolutionary theories of the causation of homosexuality. He considers such questions as, how the discovery of a gay gene would fit with Darwin's theory of 'survival of the fittest'.

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What if there was an evolutionary advantage to homosexuality? Straight Science? Homosexuality, Evolution and Adaptation dares to ask such questions.
A genetic basis for homosexuality has been all but proved, yet Darwinism, the most widely accepted evolutionary theory, emphasises successful reproduction. How do we explain a lifetime preference for non-reproductive sex?
Whilst social constructionism offers explanations in terms of social learning and cultural preferences, the body of evidence for a genetic predisposition to homosexuality grows. Social learning argues that homosexual sex is merely misdirected and therefore futile, but far from dying out it continues through the ages and is found in different cultures.

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Some interesting points at times, but I can't help but wonder if the whole book was essentially an excuse for the running 'homo erectus' gag.

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