Nature’s Nether Regions: What the Sex Lives of Bugs, Birds, and Beasts Tell Us about Evolution, Biodivers Ity, and Ourselves

A tour of evolution’s most inventive–and essential–creations: animal genitalia

Forget opposable thumbs and canine teeth: the largest anatomical differences between humans and chimps are found below the belt. In Nature’s Nether Regions, ecologist and evolutionary biologist Menno Schilthuizen invites readers to discover the wondrous diversity of animalian reproductive organs. Schilthuizen packs this delightful read with astonishing scientific insights while maintaining an absorbing narrative style reminiscent of Mary Roach and Jerry Coyne. With illustrations throughout and vivid field anecdotes–among them laser surgery on a fruit fly’s privates and a snail orgy–Nature’s Nether Regions is a celebration of life in all shapes and sizes.

Author: Menno Schilthuizen
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 04/28/2015
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.50w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780143127062
Language: English