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The Evolution of Desire:

Strategies of Human Mating
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BasicBooks, Jun 25, 2003 - Health & Fitness - 354 pages
With two new chapters by the author.If we all want love, why is there so much conflict in our most cherished relationships? To answer this question, says noted psychologist David Buss, we must look into our evolutionary past. Based on the most massive study of human mating ever undertaken, encompassing more than ten thousand people of all ages from thirty-seven cultures worldwide, The Evolution of Desire is the first book to present a unified theory of human mating behavior. Now in a revised and updated edition, Buss's classic presents the latest research in the field, including startling new discoveries about the evolutionary advantages of infidelity, orgasm, and physical attractiveness.

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Review: The Evolution of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating

User Review  - Saadin - Goodreads

Great, informative book. However, Buss repeats many of the same topics written in his Evolutionary Psychology textbook, and so reading this one was almost the same as reading the other text, albeit with some additions. Read full review

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User Review  - Julia Gorning - Goodreads

Although I disagree with many of Buss' hypotheses, I still enjoyed this book a great amount and found it insanely fun to discuss with friends and classmates in the Psychology field. Read full review

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JSTOR: The Evolution of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating.
The Evolution of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating. Elizabeth Cashdan. The Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol. 70, No. 3, 371-372. Sep., 1995. ...
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Sex and Desire III: The Evolution of Desire
In this article, we will explore the evolutionary roots of desire, especially as it pertains to illicit affairs such as that of Radha and Krishna
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The Evolution of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating
The Evolution of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating Book by David M. Buss; 1994. Read The Evolution of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating at Questia ...
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The Evolution of Desire — Summary | getabstract
Download the five-page summary of The Evolution of Desire by David M. Buss (Basic Books, 2003). Strategies of Human Mating
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The Evolution of Desire Fact or Fiction?
The evolution of desire: strategies of human mating. New York: Basic Books; Cosmides, L. & Tooby, J. (1997). Evolutionary psychology: a primer. ...
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Psychology History
David Buss was born on April 14, 1953 in Indianapolis, Indiana. He is the son of Arnold H. Buss and Edith H. Nolte and has one older brother and one younger ...
www.muskingum.edu/ ~psych/ psycweb/ history/ buss.htm

the evolutionist: David Buss
David Buss's 1995 book The Evolution of Desire put Darwin's theory of sexual selection to the human test, and proved conclusively that there's more to sex ...
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The Birds, the Bees and the Coolidges - New York Times
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wh Freeman Publishers - The Myth of Monogamy
David M. Buss, Ph.D., author of The Evolution of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating and The Dangerous Passion: Why Jealousy is as Necessary as Love and Sex. ...
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About the author (2003)

David M. Buss is Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas, Austin, and the author of six books, including Personality: Domains of Knowledge about Human Nature and The Dangerous Passion: Why Jealousy is as Necessary as Love and Sex. He lives in Austin, Texas.

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TitleThe Evolution of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating
AuthorDavid M. Buss
Edition4, reprint, revised
PublisherBasicBooks, 2003
ISBN046500802X, 9780465008025
Length354 pages
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Health & Fitness / Sexuality
Psychology / Human Sexuality
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