Sex at Dawn
How We Mate, Why We Stray, and What It Means for Modern Relationships
What's it about
Ever wonder if monogamy is really natural, or if you're just not built for it? This summary challenges everything you've been told about sex, desire, and commitment, revealing why modern relationships can feel like a struggle against our own primal instincts. You'll explore the provocative evidence that our prehistoric ancestors lived in promiscuous, egalitarian groups. Discover how agriculture and private property created the concept of sexual monogamy and why understanding our evolutionary past can help you navigate jealousy, infidelity, and desire in your own life today.
Meet the author
Christopher Ryan, Ph.D., is a renowned psychologist and bestselling author whose work on human sexuality has challenged conventional wisdom and sparked a global conversation about relationships. He and his co-author, psychiatrist Cacilda Jethá, M.D., spent years traveling the world, living with hunter-gatherer societies and researching primate behavior. This immersive, cross-disciplinary research provided the unique anthropological and evolutionary evidence that forms the groundbreaking foundation of Sex at Dawn and their revolutionary perspective on human intimacy.
What's it about
Ever wonder if monogamy is really natural, or if you're just not built for it? This summary challenges everything you've been told about sex, desire, and commitment, revealing why modern relationships can feel like a struggle against our own primal instincts. You'll explore the provocative evidence that our prehistoric ancestors lived in promiscuous, egalitarian groups. Discover how agriculture and private property created the concept of sexual monogamy and why understanding our evolutionary past can help you navigate jealousy, infidelity, and desire in your own life today.
Meet the author
Christopher Ryan, Ph.D., is a renowned psychologist and bestselling author whose work on human sexuality has challenged conventional wisdom and sparked a global conversation about relationships. He and his co-author, psychiatrist Cacilda Jethá, M.D., spent years traveling the world, living with hunter-gatherer societies and researching primate behavior. This immersive, cross-disciplinary research provided the unique anthropological and evolutionary evidence that forms the groundbreaking foundation of Sex at Dawn and their revolutionary perspective on human intimacy.
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