THE EVOLUTION OF HUMAN-SEXUALITY

The study of human sexuality from the darwinian perspective is in an e xplosive phase. Recent research is diverse; for instance, the dynamics of heterosexual relationships, the role of honest advertisement in at tractiveness, the role of fluctuating asymmetry in sexual competition, and sexual conflict over fertilization, seen in sperm competition ada ptations of men and possible cryptic sire-choice adaptation of women. Also, recent research reveals that the sexual selection that designed human secondary sexual traits was functional rather than strictly fish erian.