Very interesting and a lot of fun to read. Probably pitched more at folks who haven't read a lot of evolution, but there is plenty in there for folks who read evolution and economics books like Dawkins, Jared Diamond or even Malcolm Gladwell.



This book isn't really a single argument toward one major point. It's more a set of different topics about how evolution effects our lives. There are chapters on obesity and the evolution of diet, why different countries have different obesity rates, population growth and the tragedy of the commons, love and marriage, different kinds of mating systems (like South Africa's president who has four wives), the consequences of parents in India and CHina aborting their baby girls, and three chapterson music.



I thought the chapters on aging and why rocks stars often die young (Ch 11), and on sexual conflict (mainly Ch 5) were the most interesting.



Some passages seemed to drag on a bit. And like all pop science books, you will recognise many of the examples, but this book is far less repetitive than most. I also really like the way he blends evolution with economics. In a way, the book it most reminded me of was Freakonomics. But this book is funnier and less irritating (and less America-centric)