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A Natural History of Rape: Biological Bases of Sexual Coercion is a scientific history book published in 2000 by biologist Randy Thornhill and anthropologist Craig T. Palmer, which presents the hypothesis that rape should be understood through evolutionary psychology. Thornhill and Palmer believe that the capacity for rape is either an adaptation or a byproduct of adaptative traits such as sexual desire and aggressiveness. This hypothesis is controversial.

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  1. LeVay, Simon and Baldwin, Janice (2009). Human Sexuality, Third edition. Sinauer Associates, Inc. p. 598. ISBN 978-0-87893-424-9.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. Coyne, Jerry (9 March 2000). "Rape as an adaptation". Nature. 404 (6774): 121–122. doi:10.1038/35004636. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

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