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ARPA361 The Evolution of Human Sexuality

Updated: 10 November 2008
Credit Points 6
Offering Not offered in 2009
Online level Level B - Internet access required
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites ARPA102
Co-requisites None
Restrictions ARPA261
Notes None
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s)
Unit Description

This unit examines the evolution of human sexuality in the contexts of primate reproductive strategies and the social learning environments that are unique to Homo sapiens. Various primate social and reproductive strategies will be studied, and aspects of human sexuality (such as mate choice and bonding, reproductive competition and divergent male and female strategies, loss of estrus, homosexuality, divergent male and female development trajectories) will be considered as phenomena exhibiting continuity or discontinuity with the primate behavioural range. Human behaviour will be examined from a Darwinian perspective, while social learning, the range of societies, and the concept of innateness will contribute to the overall analysis.

Materials Information Unavailable
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
   

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