Handbook of the Evolution of Human Sexuality. Edited by Michael Kauth. Binghamton, NY: The Haworth Press, 2006, 395 pages. Softcover, $50.00.

The Handbook of the Evolution of Human Sexuality, hereafter HEHS, published simultaneously as a special issue of Journal of Psychology & Human Sexuality, has as a principal goal the presentation of theories and research on the evolution of human sexuality. The editor, Michael Kauth, claims that, unlike any previous evolutionary-based text on human sexuality, HEHS is written for an academic audience that is relatively new to evolutionary theorizing. Accordingly, the Introduction and the first chapter, both written by Kauth, provide ...