Sex at Dawn

Exploring the evolutionary origins of modern sexuality.

When Monkeys Attack

Something snapped in me that afternoon, between the attacking beast and my terrified girlfriend. Read More

Brawls at lunch

Reminds me of something my 10th grade English professor once remarked to my class. He said “Look around you the next time there is a fight in the lunch room and pay particular attention to the crowd. People are climbing up on chairs, yelling, fists in the air, teeth bore for all to see. This is just the crowd.” We aren’t quite so removed from our animal past as we might like to think.
PS – There were very few fights at my high school

Which Is Why...

...I never approach monkeys with a bag of nuts. I'll buy one a beer now and then but that's about it.

beer ... nuts

Not even beer nuts?

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Christopher Ryan, Ph.D., is co-author of Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality (HarperCollins 2010).

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