Evolutionary Psychology: The New Science of the Mind

What I get, not all black and white. There are coloured photos and text in the inside. Not weak paper. Yes, not hard-cover because in this way more easy to travel with the book. Also the weight is light, awesome. Yes, not the cheapest book what you can buy - but I promise, the best. And I read nearly 120 books/ year for years. This is not a price for the information. This is laughable cheap. This is a crystal clear essential information what you want to know. One of the books you HAVE to read in your life to understand what is going on on planet Earth. Good for navigate in life, understanding life, and a lot of other parts like marketing yourself, and understand business things. I highly recommend this book for everyone. Brilliant and fantastic!

Among academics who teach introductory courses in evolutionary psychology, this is widely agreed to be the leading textbook. Dr. David Buss was "there at the beginning," a few decades ago, has been a productive and respected scholar. He has been an academic leader in organizations relevant to this important field of study. This book is comprehensive, interesting to read, and readable. Although a university-type textbook, it is accessible to any reader who Is interested in an in-depth treatment of this field of study. For those who want a quicker overview of this topic, there are many good books for the general public. One very good example, although a bit dated, is "The Moral Animal" by journalist and author Robert Wright.

Incredibly well-written, with the succinctness of style and insight of thinkers like Immanuel Wallerstein or Michael Tomasello. An enormous synthesis of ideas across fields and sub-disciplines.

the world was, is, and always will be a messy place to live. We are born as IDs (Freud) --King and Queen Babies. We start out very selfish and slowly learn that we must behave (Sapolsky) because the world is a hard master. We can sometimes move into the reciprocity of the Golden Rule. It is an ugly and bad world, but if one starts off knowing the rules, we are better off as individuals and as a group. Buss gives the information as to why this is true. Seek the truth, come whence it may, and go where it will.

Only textbook I have read cover to cover. Sublime. It explains the female mind better than all the drinking buddies and late night comedians in the world put together. An in-depth look not only at human behavior but the biological motivators behind it. Expertly written and generously supported by citations. I rented it for a class but I bought it because I loved it.

Insightful but also common sense and easy to see if you are aware of your surroundings and are a deep thinker. Very helpful in understanding more about human nature. I always focused on nurture and it's good to also include nature for a more balanced view. I think it's important to see both. I think psychology classes should be mandatory in schools. Maybe it would help us to develop more understanding and tolerance.

Succinct, accessible, and inescapably useful as a tool to understand, at least in part, why people are the way they are. While the debate on "nature vs. nurture" will undoubtedly carry on until long after our species is extinct given our proclivity for reducing complex things down to a binary, if we're going to address the problems we collectively face with any hope of resolving them, we need to understand both through an empirical, rather than ideological filter.

Contrary to a previous review above, my paperback edition is of very high quality, in color, and in sharp black and colored print. The content supports Buss' highly regarded national reputation. His previous publisher, Pearson Education, apparently dumped his text along with six of my own texts, and thousands of others, when the text market crashed after 2008. Other publishers picked his and mine up. His publisher, Routledge, has done a better print job than mine. If you somehow got an inferior copy, send it to Routledge and ask to exchange it for a good one.