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

Christopher Ryan, Cacilda Jethá

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The whole book, about 8 hours to read.

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Author
Christopher Ryan, Cacilda Jethá
Reading time
8 hours

Contents

  1. Preface: A Primate Meets His Match (A note from one of the authors)
  2. Introduction: Another Well-Intentioned Inquisition
  3. A Few Million Years in a Few Pages
  4. Part I: On the Origin of the Specious
  5. 1. Remember the Yucatán!
  6. 2. What Darwin Didn’t Know About Sex
  7. 3. A Closer Look at the Standard Narrative of Human Sexual Evolution
  8. 4. The Ape in the Mirror
  9. Part II: Lust In Paradise (Solitary?)
  10. 5. Who Lost What in Paradise?
  11. 6. Who’s Your Daddies?
  12. 7. Mommies Dearest
  13. 8. Making a Mess of Marriage, Mating, and Monogamy
  14. 9. Paternity Certainty: The Crumbling Cornerstone of the Standard Narrative
  15. 10. Jealousy: A Beginner’s Guide to Coveting Thy Neighbor’s Spouse
  16. Part III: The Way We Weren’t
  17. 11. “The Wealth of Nature” (Poor?)
  18. 12. The Selfish Meme (Nasty?)
  19. 13. The Never-Ending Battle over Prehistoric War (Brutish?)
  20. 14. The Longevity Lie (Short?)
  21. Part IV: Bodies in Motion
  22. 15. Little Big Man
  23. 16. The Truest Measure of a Man
  24. 17. Sometimes a Penis Is Just a Penis
  25. 18. The Prehistory of O
  26. 19. When Girls Go Wild
  27. Part V: Men Are from Africa, Women Are from Africa
  28. 20. On Mona Lisa’s Mind
  29. 21. The Pervert’s Lament
  30. 22. Confronting the Sky Together
  31. Authors’ Note
  32. References and Suggested Further Reading
  33. Searchable Terms
  34. P.S. Insights, Interviews & More…
  35. Praise

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