A“drop-deadshocker“(WashingtonPostBookWorld)thatusesevolutionarypsychologytoexplainhumanmatingandthemysteriesofloveIfweallwantlove,whyistheresomuchconflictinourmostcherishedrelationships?Toanswerthisquestion,wemustlookintoourevolutionarypast,arguesprominentpsychologistDavidM.Buss.Basedoneofthelargeststudiesofhumanmatingeverundertaken,encompassingmorethan10,000peopleofallagesfromthirty-sevenculturesworldwide,TheEvolutionofDesireisthefirstworktopresentaunifiedtheoryofhumanmatingbehavior.Drawingonawiderangeofexamplesofmatingbehavior--fromlovebugstoelephantseals,fromtheYanomam繹tribeofVenezuelatoonlinedatingapps--Bussrevealswhatwomenwant,whatmenwant,andwhytheirdesiresradicallydiffer.Lovehasacentralplaceinhumansexualpsychology,butconflict,competition,andmanipulationalsopervadehumanmating--somethingwemustconfrontinordertocontrolourownmatingdestiny.Updatedtoreflecttheverylatestscientificresearchonhumanmating,thisdefinitiveeditionofthisclassicworkofevolutionarypsychologyexplainsthepowerfulforcesthatshapeourmostintimatedesires.
