Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters
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A lively and provocative look at how evolution shapes our behavior and our lives.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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Interesting if Highly Speculative Look at Evolutionary Psychology, September 10, 2008
Reviewer: LOLDavid
from Los Angeles, California
Satoshi Kanazawa tries to explain everything we do according to evolutionary psychology in this book and it's an interesting exercise, but it's frequently repetitive and highly speculative. He reduces pretty much all human behavior to reproductive success and posits a lot claims which have no evidence to back them up. Even the claim of the title of the book is questionable at best. Nevertheless it was an interesting listen and gets your mind thinking about how evolutionary psychology affects our day to day life.
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November 2007
- LearnOutLoud.com Product ID:
W027650
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