Is sexual monogamy natural to humans? By debunking many false historical notions, Ryan and Jetha offer a bold alternative in this provocative and brilliant book. The authors expose the ancient roots of human sexuality while pointing toward a more optimistic future.

Preface: A Primate Meets His Match (A note from one of the authors)	p. xi
Introduction: Another Well-intentioned Inquisition	p. 1
A Few Million Years in a Few Pages	p. 10
On The Origin Of The Specious	p. 17
Remember the Yucatán!	p. 19
You Are What You Eat	p. 20
What Darwin Didn't Know About Sex	p. 25
The Flintstonization of Prehistory	p. 31
What Is Evolutionary Psychology and Why Should You Care?	p. 36
Lewis Henry Morgan	p. 42
A Closer Look at the Standard Narrative of Human Sexual Evolution	p. 46
How Darwin Insults Your Mother (The Dismal Science of Sexual Economics)	p. 48
The Famously Flaccid Female Libido	p. 51
Male Parental Investment (MPI)	p. 52
"Mixed Strategies" in the War Between the Sexes	p. 55
Extended Sexual Receptivity and Concealed Ovulation	p. 58
The Ape in the Mirror	p. 61
Primates and Human Nature	p. 64
Doubting the Chimpanzee Model	p. 67
In Search of Primate Continuity	p. 69
Lust in paradise (solitary?)	p. 79
Who Lost What in Paradise?	p. 81
On Getting Funky and Rockin Round the Clock	p. 83
Who's Your Daddies?	p. 90
The Joy of S.E.Ex.	p. 93
The Promise of Promiscuity	p. 98
Bonobo Beginnings	p. 101
Mommies Dearest	p. 105
Nuclear Meltdown	p. 109
Making a Mess of Marriage, Mating, and Monogamy	p. 113
Marriage: The "Fundamental Condition" of the Human Species?	p. 115
On Matrimonial Whoredom	p. 119
Paternity Certainty: The Crumbling Cornerstone of the Standard Narrative	p. 124
Love, Lust, and Liberty at Lugu Lake	p. 126
On the Inevitability of Patriarchy	p. 131
The March of the Monogamous	p. 134
Jealousy: A Beginner's Guide to Coveting Thy Neighbor's Spouse	p. 138
Zero-Sum Sex	p. 141
How to Tell When a Man Loves a Woman	p. 146
The Way We Weren't	p. 151
"The Wealth of Nature" (Poor?)	p. 153
Poor, Pitiful Me	p. 158
The Despair of Millionaires	p. 161
Finding Contentment "at the Bottom of the Scale of Human Beings"	p. 163
The Selfish Meme (Nasty?)	p. 166
Homo Economicus	p. 166
The Tragedy of the Commons	p. 169
Dreams of Perpetual Progress	p. 172
Ancient Poverty or Assumed Affluence?	p. 173
On Paleolithic Politics	p. 176
The Never-Ending Battle over Prehistoric War (Brutish?)	p. 182
Professor Pinker, Red in Tooth and Claw	p. 183
The Mysterious Disappearance of Margaret Power	p. 187
The Spoils of War	p. 190
The Napoleonic Invasion (The Yanomami Controversy)	p. 194
The Desperate Search for Hippie Hypocrisy and Bonobo Brutality	p. 197
The Longevity Lie (Short?)	p. 200
When Does Life Begin ? When Does It End?	p. 202
Is 80 the New 30?	p. 204
Stressed to Death	p. 208
Who You Calling a Starry-Eyed Romantic, Pal?	p. 210
Bodies In Motion	p. 213
Little Big Man	p. 215
All's Fair in Love and Sperm War	p. 219
The Truest Measure of a Man	p. 225
Hard Core in the Stone Age	p. 231
Sometimes a Penis Is Just a Penis	p. 233
The Prehistory of O	p. 244
"What Horrid Extravagancies ofMinde!"	p. 246
Beware the Devil's Teat	p. 252
The Force Required to Suppress It	p. 253
When Girls Go Wild	p. 255
Female Cofulatory Vocalization	p. 255
Sin Tetas, No Hay Paraíso	p. 259
Come Again?	p. 262
Men are from Africa, Women are From Africa	p. 269
On Mona Lisa's Mind	p. 271
The Pervert's Lament	p. 280
Just Say What?	p. 285
Kelloggs Guide to Child Abuse	p. 288
The Curse of Calvin Coolidge	p. 293
The Perils of Monotomy (Monogamy+ Monotony)	p. 293
Confronting the Sky Together	p. 306
Everybody Out of the Closet	p. 311
The Marriage of the Sun and the Moon	p. 311
AuthorÆs Note	p. 313
Acknowledgments	p. 315
Notes	p. 317
References and Suggested Further Reading	p. 351
Index	p. 383
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