The Red Queen

Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Biological Sciences, Biology, Evolution
Cover of the book The Red Queen by Matt Ridley, Harper Perennial
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Author: Matt Ridley ISBN: 9780062200716
Publisher: Harper Perennial Publication: February 14, 2012
Imprint: Harper Perennial Language: English
Author: Matt Ridley
ISBN: 9780062200716
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Publication: February 14, 2012
Imprint: Harper Perennial
Language: English

Referring to Lewis Carroll's Red Queen from Through the Looking-Glass, a character who has to keep running to stay in the same place, Matt Ridley demonstrates why sex is humanity's best strategy for outwitting its constantly mutating internal predators. The Red Queen answers dozens of other riddles of human nature and culture -- including why men propose marriage, the method behind our maddening notions of beauty, and the disquieting fact that a woman is more likely to conceive a child by an adulterous lover than by her husband. Brilliantly written, The Red Queen offers an extraordinary new way of interpreting the human condition and how it has evolved.

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Referring to Lewis Carroll's Red Queen from Through the Looking-Glass, a character who has to keep running to stay in the same place, Matt Ridley demonstrates why sex is humanity's best strategy for outwitting its constantly mutating internal predators. The Red Queen answers dozens of other riddles of human nature and culture -- including why men propose marriage, the method behind our maddening notions of beauty, and the disquieting fact that a woman is more likely to conceive a child by an adulterous lover than by her husband. Brilliantly written, The Red Queen offers an extraordinary new way of interpreting the human condition and how it has evolved.

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