Publisher's Synopsis
A reprint of one of the most illuminating and controversial books on human sexuality ever written, along with a new introduction and recommended reading list from Dr Timothy Taylor. - - The Prehistory of Sex surveys the development of human sexual culture in its entirety, from our remote evolutionary origins through to recent times, on the basis of hard archaeological evidence. This lively and provocative book leaves no stone unturned and no taboo untouched as it pieces together evidence from highly controversial artefacts and human remains to decipher the mysteries of Stone age sex. - - How has sexuality changed - and how has it remained the same - over the span of millions of years? How did the ideas of eroticism, ecstasy, immorality and beauty become linked to sex? Taylor explores these questions and sets out the prove that our sexual behaviour is, and always has been, a matter of choice rather than something genetically determined. He eloquently and accessibly explains how our sexual politics - issues of gender and power, control and exploitation - are not new but are deeply rooted in our prehistory. -
