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Publisher's Summary
Contrary to conventional wisdom, our brains and bodies are hardwired to carry out an evolutionary mission that determines much of what we do, from life plans to everyday decisions.
With an accessible tone and a healthy disregard for political correctness, this lively and eminently readable book popularizes the latest research in a cutting-edge field of study: one that turns much of what we thought we knew about human nature upside-down.
Every time we fall in love, fight with our spouse, enjoy watching a favorite TV show, or feel scared walking alone at night, we are in part behaving as a human animal with its own unique nature: a nature that essentially stopped evolving 10,000 years ago. Alan S. Miller and Satoshi Kanazawa reexamine some of the most popular and controversial topics of modern life and shed a whole new light on why we do the things we do.
Beware: You may never look at human nature the same way again.
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- Carson
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Busted my mind open
This can be a tough pill to swallow as a book, it really lays out the reasons we do what we do and it’s not pretty when you relate it to situations in your life you thought were simply choices made by people’s minds (or hearts lol)
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- Jane Lanteigne
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BEST BOOK I’VE EVER READ!!
This book is seriously life changing. I bought it because I was curious and it was so worth it!
I have learned so much about sexual evolution and I am using the facts that I learned in this book very often in a lot of discussions. This book will blow your mind AND makes you look smart. Do not hesitate and start to read it now, you will enjoy every minute of this new knowledge.
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- Andrea
- 2022-08-05
Very interesting
This book was very engaging and thought provoking. I would recommend to those that enjoyed social psychology and sociology in university and want a new way of thinking about things they heard before.
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- Nima T
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just a bunch of statistics
this book kept popping up as a recommendation on my feed so I decided to purchase it . big mistake . Basically it is just a bunch of statistics on evolution .
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