Evolution of vulnerability : implications for sex differences in health and development / David C. Geary.

Amsterdam : Elsevier, Academic Press, [2015]

x, 411 pages, 22 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Vulnerability -- Sexual selection and the evolution of vulnerability -- Condition-dependent traits in birds and fish -- Condition-dependent traits in arthropods and mammals -- Sexual selection and human vulnerability -- Human vulnerability for physical and behavioral traits -- Human vulnerability for brain and cognitive traits -- Implications for human health and development.