The Prehistory of Sex: Four Million Years of Human Sexual CultureFrom cave art to penis sheaths, from the personal tragedies of death in childbirth to the grand symbols of Stonehenge, this is a collection and analysis of a wide range of artefacts and written records relevant to the sexual history of mankind. Examining the data of 4,000,000 years, the book encompasses transvestite priests, Amazon warrier-women, familial and societal power relations, genes and hormones. |
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Skull Sex and Brain Sex | 52 |
Mysteries of the Organism | 72 |
Meet the Real Flintstones | 97 |
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Amazons ancient animals Anthropology archaeological archaeologists argued australopithecines baby believe biological birth body bones bonobos brain breast-feeding breasts burial buttocks Çatal Hüyük cave Chapter chimpanzees clothing communities concealed ovulation contraception Darwin depicted Dolní Věstonice Drawing by George early erect erotic Europe evidence evolutionary farming female fertility figure gender genes genetic George Taylor Gimbutas Goddess grave Greek groups hair Herodotus Hippocrates hominids Homo homosexual hormone human evolution human sexual hunter-gatherer hunting Ice Age Iceman idea infant intersex lived London male Marshack masturbation mate matriarchy Mesolithic million years ago modern humans myth Nariokotome natural Neanderthals Neolithic ochre orgasm Ötzi ovulation pelvis penis period phallic physical plants population pregnancy prehistoric primates quotation race racial rape reproductive Scythians sex strike sexual culture sexual selection skeleton skin skull social society species sperm stone suggest survive symbolic theory tion Upper Palaeolithic Val Camonica Venus figurines woman women