Monkeyluv Av Robert M Sapolsky

<p>Described by Oliver Sacks as ''one of the best scientist-writers of our time'', Robert M. Sapolsky here presents the human animal in all its quirkiness and diversity.<br><br>In these remarkable essays, Sapolsky once again deploys his compassion and insights into the human condition to tell us who, why and how we are. <i>Monkeyluv </i>touches on themes such as sexuality, aggression, love, parenting, religion, ageing, and mental illness. He ponders such topics as our need to seek out beauty; why our preferences in food become fixed; why we are sexually attracted to one another; why Alzheimer''s disease tends to be a post-menopausal phenomenon; and why grandmothers buying groceries for their grandchildren are part of nature''s Darwinian logic.</p>