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A “drop-dead shocker” (Washington Post Book World) that uses evolutionary psychology to explain human mating and the mysteries of love If we all want love, why is there so much conflict in our most cherished relationships?

To answer this question, we must look into our evolutionary past, argues prominent psychologist David M. Buss. Based one of the largest studies of human mating ever undertaken, encompassing more than 10,000 people of all ages from thirty-seven cultures worldwide, The Evolution of Desire is the first work to present a unified theory of human mating behavior. Drawing on a wide range of examples of mating behavior — from lovebugs to elephant seals, from the Yanomamö tribe of Venezuela to online dating apps — Buss reveals what women want, what men want, and why their desires radically differ. Love has a central place in human sexual psychology, but conflict, competition, and manipulation also pervade human mating — something we must confront in order to control our own mating destiny.

Updated to reflect the very latest scientific research on human mating, this definitive edition of this classic work of evolutionary psychology explains the powerful forces that shape our most intimate desires.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Psychology

• Full title: The Evolution of Desire
• Subtitle: Strategies of Human Mating
• Author: David M. Buss
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448
• EAN: 9780465097760
• ISBN: 0465097766
• ID: 13409102
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Weight: 384 g
• Dimensions: 145 × 209 × 39 mm
• Date of publishing: 27. December 2016

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