Supernormal stimuli : how primal urges overran their evolutionary purpose /

In this book, a Harvard evolutionary psychologist explains how our once-helpful instincts get hijacked in our garish modern world. Our instincts--for food, sex, or territorial protection--evolved for life on the savannahs 10,000 years ago, not in today's world of densely populated cities, techn...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Barrett, Deirdre
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : W.W. Norton & Co., [2010]
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Evolutionary psychology. Behavior evolution.