Full name: Sex at Dawn: How We Mate, Why We Stray, and What It Means for Modern Relationships

Authors: Christopher Ryan, Cacilda Jetha Year: 2010 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Non Fiction, Science, History, Psychology Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Amazon LibraryThing ISBNs: 9781491512401 9780061707810 1491512407

In this controversial, thought-provoking, and brilliant book, renegade thinkers Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jeth? debunk almost everything we ?know? about sex, weaving together convergent, frequently overlooked evidence from anthropology, archaeology, primatology, anatomy, and psychosexuality to show how far from human nature monogamy really is. In Sex at Dawn, the authors expose the ancient roots of human sexuality while pointing toward a more optimistic future illuminated by our innate capacities for love, cooperation, and generosity. A scandal in the best sense. . . . This book takes a swing at pretty much every big idea on human nature: that poverty is an inevitable consequence of life on earth, that mankind is by nature brutish, and, most important, that humans evolved to be monogamous.? ? Kate Dailey, Newsweek My favorite book of [the year]. . . . Good humor, sharp writing, and remarkable asides. . . . It casually and effectively demolishes a Solomon's Temple worth of conventional wisdom about something we thought we understood pretty well: who we are. It made me wonder how much else of what I think I know is wrong, and it makes me eager to find out.? ? Peter Sagal, National Public Radio Similar books: How Sex Works by Sharon Moalem Why Is Sex Fun? by Jared Diamond Sex, Time, and Power by Leonard Shlain The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons by Sam Kean The Naked Ape by Desmond Morris Crazy Like Us by Ethan Watters The Social Leap by William von Hippel Seeing Voices by Oliver Sacks Traffic by Tom Vanderbilt Elephants on Acid by Alex Boese Hallucinations by Oliver Sacks The Prehistory of the Mind by Steven Mithen Future Babble by Dan Gardner The Deep History of Ourselves by Joseph Ledoux The Origins of Sex by Faramerz Dabhoiwala Faster by James Gleick The Book of Woe by Gary Greenberg Medical Muses by Asti Hustvedt The Guardian of All Things by Michael S. Malone Intimate Behaviour by Desmond Morris