NMLP P-014076 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Why Is Sex Fun? The Evolution of Human Sexuality

Jared Diamond · Basic Books (Science Masters) · 1997

Part of the international Science Masters series, so US (Basic Books) and UK (Weidenfeld & Nicolson) editions are both 1997 and near-simultaneous; precedence is genuinely contested, but the US Basic Books hardcover is the edition most commonly cited as the first.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-014076 for "Why Is Sex Fun? The Evolution of Human Sexuality" by Jared Diamond (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-014076, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).