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

by Christopher Ryan (Author), Cacilda Jetha (Author)

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2011
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In this controversial, thought-provoking, and brilliant book, renegade thinkers Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jetha 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.

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In this controversial, thought-provoking, and brilliant book, renegade thinkers Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jetha 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.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 432
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 05 Jul 2011
ISBN 10: 0061707813
ISBN 13: 9780061707810

Media Reviews

Sex At Dawn has helped me understand myself and the world so much more clearly. -- Ilana Glazer, co-creator of Broad City
Sex At Dawn is the single most important book about human sexuality since Alfred Kinsey unleashed Sexual Behavior in the Human Male on the American public in 1948. -- Dan Savage
Funny, witty, and light ... Sex at Dawn is a scandal in the best sense, one that will have you reading the best parts aloud and reassessing your ideas about humanity's basic urges well after the book is done. -- Newsweek
Sex At Dawn challenges conventional wisdom about sex in a big way... This is a provocative, entertaining, and pioneering book. I learned a lot from it and recommend it highly. -- Andrew Weil, M.D., author of Healthy Aging
Sex At Dawn is a provocative and engaging synthesis... that has the added benefit of being a joy to read.... A book sure to generate discussion, and one likely to produce more than a few difficult conversations with family marriage counselors. -- Eric Michael Johnson, Seed Magazine
You clearly have an exciting book on your hands, whether people agree with it or not: these are issues that will need debating over and over before we will arrive at a resolution. -- Frans de Waal, author of The Age of Empathy
A wonderfully provocative and well-written book which completely re-evaluates human sexual behaviour and gets to the root of many of our social and psychological ills. -- Steve Taylor, author of The Fall and Waking From Sleep
One of the most original books I've read in years, Sex at Dawn manages to be both enormously erudite and wildly entertaining-even, frequently, hilarious. . . . A must-read for anyone interested in where our sexual impulses come from. -- Tony Perrottet, author of Napoleon's Privates
This paradigm-shifting book is a thoroughly original discussion of the origins and nature of human sexuality... These authors have a gift for making complex material reader-friendly, filling each chapter with humor and passion as well as dozens of revolutionary insights. -- Stanley Krippner, Ph.D.
Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jetha have written the essential corrective to the evolutionary psychology literature... -- Stanton Peele, Ph.D.

Author Bio

Christopher Ryan, PhD, is a research psychologist. He lives in Barcelona, Spain. Cacilda Jetha, MD, is a practicing psychiatrist. She lives in Barcelona, Spain.