The Sexual Evolution

How 500 Million Years of Sex, Gender, and Mating Shape Modern Relationships

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<p><b>Longlisted for PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award</b></p><p><b>“A bulletproof case that sexual diversity exists in the natural world…<i>The Sexual Evolution </i>is a thoughtfully and delightfully written book full of illuminating and entertaining information that will be new to most readers. At a time when ignorance and misinformation about sex, gender, reproduction, and intimacy abound, we could all benefit from reading this research-packed tour.” — <i>Science</i></b></p><p>Evolutionary biologist Nathan H. Lents knows what makes humans unique—and it’s most definitely <i>not </i>our sexual diversity. A professor at John Jay College, Lents has spent his career studying what makes us, well, us, and contrary to what the culture warriors want people to believe—diverse sexual behavior is not a new development, or even a human one. It didn’t just emerge from a progressive culture; it’s the product of billions of years of evolutionary experimentation throughout the animal kingdom. It’s not a modern story, a Florida story, or even a human story. It’s a biological story.</p><p>In <i>The Sexual Evolution</i>, Lents takes readers on a journey through the animal world, from insects to apes, revealing what the incredible array of sexual diversity can teach us about our own diverse beauty. Nature, it turns out, has made <i>a lot </i>of space for diverse genders and sexual behaviors. And why? Because when it comes to evolution—diversity wins. This is not just a political or social message, instead it’s rooted in science and cultivated from understanding the full breadth of sexuality that exists throughout the world.</p><p>With shades of both Frans de Waal and Esther Perel, Lents’s storytelling is as fascinating as it is topical, offering eye-opening stories about the diversity of animal life, while relating it to our own sexual journey as a species. At once a forceful rebuttal to bigotry and a captivating dive into the secret sex lives of animals, <i>The Sexual E

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EAN

9780063375444

Sprache

Englisch

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Buch

Maße

234 x 153 x 30 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2025

Verlag / Hersteller

Harper Collins Publ. USA