Mean Genes: From Sex To Money To Food: Taming Our Primal Instincts
Author: Terry Burnham
Short, sassy, and bold, Mean Genes uses a Darwinian lens to examine the issues that most deeply affect our lives: body image, money, addiction, violence, and the endless search for happiness, love, and fidelity. But Burnham and Phelan don’t simply describe the connections between our genes and our behavior; they also outline steps that we can take to tame our primal instin….Read More
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