ANT211H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Sexual Intercourse, Sex Organ, Human Sexuality
Document Summary
2 films sex contract, guardians of the flute. Early hominid social organization foundation lies in evolutionary theory: an adaptive value affecting reproductive success of individuals. Derived from studies on chimpanzees our closest living relatives: highly male dominated system. A lot of sexual coercion females coerced into copulation: key factors in promiscuity no sexual fidelity, mating system of promiscuity, patrilineal troop structure, male kinship groups, bonobos female dominated. Disproportionately large penis: very unique in our species, lack ornamentation, visual display to attract females, direct male to male competition dominance over other males. Rapid exhaustion of sperm: males don"t produce a lot of sperm in ejaculate. Conspicuous deposits of fat on buttocks, hips & breasts. Unique anatomical features that distinct us between other mammals/primates. Primates when ovulating increase in size, red in colour. Question its adaptive value females maintain large breast size throughout ovulating cycle.
