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Sex at Dawn

Name: Sex at Dawn
ISBN: 9780062207944

The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality

by Christopher Ryan · 2010

2 episodes · 2 guests · last mentioned 27 Apr 2023

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Who brought it up

Recommended 27 Apr 2023
Aubrey Marcus in the episode with Aubrey Marcus
At about 01:04:28 (audio)
Recommended 26 Oct 2020
Dan Murray-Serter in the episode with Dan Murray-Serter
At about 01:26:27 (audio)

About the book

A work of popular science that challenges conventional narratives about human sexuality. Drawing on anthropology, primatology, and evolutionary biology, it argues that monogamy is not humanity's natural state but a relatively recent cultural development.

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