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The Sexual Evolution

How 500 Million Years of Sex, Gender and Mating Shape Modern Relationships

by Nathan H. Lents

'Marvellous fun' THE TIMES'Glorious ' LUCY COOKE'Colourful' GUARDIANAt a time when people are testing the boundaries of just about everything related to sex and gender, The Sexual Evolution shows that diverse sexual behaviour is not a new development, or even a human one. It's the product of billions of years of experimentation throughout the animal kingdom. Evolutionary biologist Nathan H. Lents takes readers on a journey from silent crickets to lesbian albatrosses to bonobos who kiss, revealing what this incredible array of sexual diversity can teach us. Amusing, enlightening and meticulously researched, this is a book that will demolish biases held by even the most open-minded among us.
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Pages:

336

Published:

Apr 2026

Format

Paperback

Publisher

Canongate Books

ISBN:

9781837261215

'Marvellous fun' THE TIMES'Glorious ' LUCY COOKE'Colourful' GUARDIANAt a time when people are testing the boundaries of just about everything related to sex and gender, The Sexual Evolution shows that diverse sexual behaviour is not a new development, or even a human one. It's the product of billions of years of experimentation throughout the animal kingdom. Evolutionary biologist Nathan H. Lents takes readers on a journey from silent crickets to lesbian albatrosses to bonobos who kiss, revealing what this incredible array of sexual diversity can teach us. Amusing, enlightening and meticulously researched, this is a book that will demolish biases held by even the most open-minded among us.
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