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Author

Jones, Steve, 1944-

Title Y : the descent of men / Steve Jones.

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Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2003.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 2nd Floor Stacks	599.938 J725y 2003	---	Available

Description	xvii, 252 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents	Preface : The diminished female -- Nature's sole mistake -- The common man -- Seven ages of manhood -- Hydraulics for boys -- Man mutilated -- Bois-Regard's worms -- Bend sinister -- James James's skull -- Polymorphous perversity -- Martian on Venus -- Envoi : the descent of man.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-235) and index.
Summary	Publisher's description: Renowned scientist and author Steve Jones reveals the mysteries of maleness and arrives at a startling conclusion: men are actually the second sex.
Subject	Human beings -- Origin.
	Human evolution.
	Human genetics.
	Y chromosome.
	Masculinity.
	Men -- Physiology.
Added Title	Descent of men
ISBN	0618139303
	0316856150