The Queen - Matt Ridley

Herodotus, 347

for sexual reproduction, 37

Heterozygosity, 72, 76

sexual selection and, 140, I41

Hickey, Donal, 95–96

and tangled bank theory, 61, 62

Hill, Adrian, 76

Genetics, 41–42, 45—51

Hill, Kim, 191, 228

Genome, 29

Histocompatibility, 75—76

"Gentle Echo on Woman, A" (Swift), History, 17, 18

209–10

cooperation and conflict in, 19

Germanic tribes, 202

Darwinian, 243—44

Ghiselin, Michael, 37, 38, 59–60

Hitler, Adolf, 198

Gibbons,

215

HIV, 71, 75, 103

214,

Gibbon, Edward, 200

Hobbes, Thomas, 204, 315—16

Gigerenzer, Gerd, 334—35

Hoglund, Jakob, 137

Goodall, Jane, 119, 195, 215, 336

Homer, 201, 205

Gonadotrophin, 123

Homo ntctus, 10, 190, 192, 311, 324, 327, Gordian, 200

330

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Homo hal,ilis, 311, 324, 327

Infanticide

Homosexuality, 181—83

concealed ovulation and, 231

causes of, 263—65

among primates, 213—15

and gender differences in, mentality,

sex-selective, 122, 126, 197

250

Infidelity, set Adultery

gene for, 279—80

1nheritance, patterns of, 197—98, 238—43

pornography and, 270, 271

Insertions, 85

Hormones

Instability, 83—84

brains and, 254—58

Instinct, 313—16, 322—23

fat distribution and, 292

Intelligence, 276, 309—44

homosexuality and, 264—65

artificial, 320—21

sex ratio and, 123—24

brain size and, 3I0—12

sexual selection and, 156—57

communication and, 332—34

Hrdy, Sarah Blaffer, I25—27, 2I2—13, 215, competition and, 33 — 34

231

learning and, 313—16, 321—23

Hudson, Liam, 253

Machiavellian theory of, 3 33—37

Hume, David, 21, 349

nurture and nature and, 316

Hummingbirds, 39

sexual selection and, 338—44

Humphrey, Nicholas, 33, 330—33, 336—37

socioecological explanationof, 192

Hunter-gatherers, 188—91, I93—94,

toolmaking and, 323—26

211—12,

228—29,

227,

244

youth and, 342—43

accumulated knowledge of, 325—26

Intragenomic conflict, 92

sexual division of labor among, 250, 251, In-vitro fertilization, 121

259, 262

Irons, William, 244

Hurst, Lawrence, 97, 102—3, 109, 280

Huxley, Julian, 35, 135, 136, 164

Jacot, Bernadine, 253

Huxley, Thomas Henry, 53

Jaenike,John, 76—77

Hyenas, 239, 254

James I, King of England, 314

Hybrid vigor, 106

James, William, 123, 314

Japanese Sex Selection Society, I21

Iban tribe, 203

Jayakar, Suresh, 76

Ibis, 230

Jealousy, 235—38

1liad (Homer), 205

Jenkins, Cheryl, 47

1 mmune system, 70, 74—76

Jessel, David, 255, 276

cross-reactivity of, 104

Johnson, Larry, I21

diseases of, 103

Jollof tribe, 304

hormones and, 156—57

Joseph, Alex, 185

1 mprinting, 285

Judge, Debra, 127

Inbreeding, 44

Jumping genes, 85, 96

1ncas,173, I98, 199, 243

Jungle fowl, 154—57

1ncest, 242—43, 282—86, 322

Independent (newspaper), 256

Kenrick, Douglas, 268

India

Kibbutzim, 259—60, 283

ancient, 198, 199

Kimura, Motoo, 32

infanticide in, 197

Kingdon, Jonathan, 252

marriage practices in, 126—27

Kin selection, 77

Individual selection, 35—40

Kinsey 1nstitute, 182

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Kipsigis tribe, 185

Malinowksi, Bronislaw, 237

Kirkpatrick, Mark, 47, 164, 166

Man the Toolmaker (Oakley), 323

Kissinger, Henry, 171

Marler, Peter, 286

Kondrashov, Alexey, 49—51, 79, 85, 86

Marley, Bob, 245

Konner, Melvin, 249, 325, 332

Mari, David, 321

Krebs, John, 67—68, 158, 333—34

Marriage, 175—78, 211—12, 218

!Kung San people, 194, 325, 332

between cousins, 282—84

for life, 273

Ladle, Richard, 85

sex outside, see Adultery

Ladybird beetles, 108

wealth concentration through, 242—43

Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste, 8

Mathematical tasks, 250, 257

Language, 321, 332

Mating systems, 173—207, 211—44

gender differences in, 253, 257

adultery in, 218—44

intelligence and, 309

of apes, 213—17

learning, 313—15

of birds, 217—18

neoteny and, 328—29

ecology and, 187—92

proxy mate-guarding and, 229

violence and, 202—5

Lark buntings, 184

wealth and power and, 194—202, 238—43

Langtry, Lillie, 288

Matrilineal societies, 239

Larson, Gary, 68

Maximin, 200

Learning, 313—16, 329

May, Robert, 84

brain mechanisms for, 321—23

Maynard Smith, John, 29, 37, 38, 40—41,

Lee Kwan Yew, 311

56, 57, 59, 85, 86, 115, 183

Leigh, Egbert, 93—94, 100

Mead, Margaret, 318, 319, 349

Lekking, 141—42, 146, 147, 149, 158, 159,

Meat-eating, 190

167, 195, 222

Medical Research Council (London),

Levi-Strauss, Claude, 284

123

Lesbians, 182

Meiosis, 29—30, 44, 97, 98, 128

pornography and, 271

cost of, 38

Lienhart, R:, 109

Mendel, Gregor, 3 3

Life-dinner principle, 67

Menstrual cycle, 229

Linkage diseyuilibria, 46—47

Mentality, gender differences in, 247—76

Lions, 195—96, 230, 325

feminism and, 261—63

Lively, Curtis, 51, 81—83

hormones and, 254—58

Local-resource competition model, 118

sexual, 265—72

Locke, John, 317

Mercator, 347

Lorenz, Konrad, 285

Meselson, Matthew, 50,

85

55—56,

Lotka, Alfred, 84

Michaelangelo, 281

Lottery theories, 57—59

Miller, Geoffrey, 337—43

Low, Bobbi, 159—61, 291, 300

Miocene era, 189

Luteinizing hormone, 264

Mitochondria, 100—101, 280

Moir, Anne, 255, 276

Maasai tribe, 148, 243

Molecular biology, 41—45, 50

Macaulay, Lord, 3 3 3

Moller, Anders, 137, 152—5 3, 222—24,

McGuiness, Diane, 257

226—27

Machiavellian hypothesis, 3 33—37

Monkeys

Male-killing genes, 105—8

biased sex ratios in, 117—18

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Monkeys (cont:)

New Guinea tribes, 3—4, 147, 148

concealed ovulation in, 231

Nordborg, Magnus, 122

mating systems of, 187

Nurture and nature, 6-11, 175, 181,

promiscuity of, 213, 215

252—53, 284—85

sexual selection in, 162

homosexuality and, 265, 279—80

Monogamy, 175—78, 206—7

intelligence and, 316

asymmetry and, 179

beauty and, 303, 305

Oakley, Kenneth, 323

among birds, 22I

Oldowan technology, 324

game theory and, 186