The Red Queen
Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature
Ranked #5 in Human Sexuality, Ranked #12 in Sexuality — see more rankings.
Referring to Lewis Carroll's Red Queen from Through the Looking-Glass, a character who has to keep running to stay in the same place, Matt Ridley demonstrates why sex is humanity's best strategy for outwitting its constantly mutating internal predators. The Red Queen answers dozens of other riddles of human nature and culture -- including why men propose marriage, the method behind our maddening notions of beauty, and the disquieting fact that a woman is more likely to conceive a child by an adulterous lover than by her husband. Brilliantly written, The Red... more
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Rankings by Category
The Red Queen is ranked in the following categories:
- #78 in Anthropology
- #19 in Biology
- #22 in Dating
- #21 in Evolution
- #18 in Evolutionary Psychology
- #21 in Genetics
- #35 in Gin
- #71 in Human Nature
- #73 in Popular Science
- #87 in Science and Math
- #15 in Sex
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