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PRAISE FOR

Sex, Murder, and the Meaning of Life

Douglas Kenrick is a brilliant thinker, gripping speaker, and a writer whose style is so engaging, probing, and full of irreverence and wit that it is unmatched by anyone I know in academia. On top of his profound mastery of the study of evolution and behavior, he has a fascinating and quirky life story that adds color and richness to his academic expertise. He is also that rare individual with whom youd be equally likely to want to have a drink and/or seek out to obtain keen insights into human motivation and behavior (and ideally both at the same time).

Sonja Lyubomirsky, professor of psychology, University of California, Riverside; author ofThe How of Happiness

One of the founding fathers of modern evolutionary psychology, Doug Kenrick is also regarded as one of the most brilliant, creative, and accessible scholars in all of the social sciences. But a conventional scholar he is not: One part academic, one part comedian, and one part street fighter from Queens, Kenrick has ruffled a few feathers in his time. His crisp and witty writing, and his willingness to put scientific correctness before political correctness, will make readers think, laugh, and blush all at the same time.

Noah Goldstein,UCLA AndersonSchool ofManagement; authorofNewYork Timesbest-sellingYes! 50ScientificallyProven Ways to Be Persuasive

Douglas Kenrick is a pioneer in evolutionary psychology. His scientific contributions to this relatively young field are impressive. In his psychology textbooks he demonstrates his remarkable gift as a teacher and his creativity as a science writer. All these credentials are reflected in the new book Sex, Murder, and the Meaning of Life. This volume promises to become one of the most exciting and authoritative books on the topic of evolution and human behavior, accessible to a broad readership.

Bert Hlldobler, Foundation Professor of Life Sciences,Center for Social Dynamics and Complexity, ArizonaState University; author ofSuperorganism

Doug Kenrick is an ideal person to bring the real evolutionary psychology to the attention of a general audience. Not only has he done some outstanding research in this area but he is superb writer with that rarest of academic attributesa sense of humor that translates well to the page. Readers of his book will enjoy themselves, unless they are grumpy academicians who have unfairly and inaccurately concluded that they do not have to pay attention to evolutionary psychology. The rest of us will have a fine time as we learn just how much evolutionary psychologists have to contribute to an understanding of our species.

John Alcock, Regents Professor of Life Sciences,Arizona State University; author ofThe Triumph of Sociobiology , Sonoran Desert Summer, andAnimal Behavior

When one thinks about evolutionary psychologywhich is increasingly necessary in all of the behavioral sciencesone has to think of Douglas Kenrick. Because of his rarified abilities to identify, uncover, and communicate important answers to vital human questions, he is both at the center and at the top of this burgeoning scientific field.

Robert Cialdini, Regents Professor of Psychology andCarey Distinguished Professor of Business, Arizona StateUniversity; author ofNew York Timesbest-sellingInfluence

Doug Kenrick is a brilliant thinker, a brilliant researcher, and a brilliant writer. His scientific discoveries dazzle and mesmerize, but they are also seminal. One testament is Kenricks high professional profile. In my evolutionary psychology textbook, Kenricks work is cited more than any other scientist. To top it off, Kenrick has a phenomenal sense of humor, unmatched by any other academic Ive seen or heard; he could have easily been a professional stand-up comic. More to the point, he brings his wit and intellectual flair to dazzle readers, making the science of the human mind spring to life and grab readers around the throat. Its a certainty that Kenricks book will be brilliant, witty, controversial, and a good bet to hit the best-seller list.

David Buss, professorof psychology,Universityof Texas;author ofThe Evolution ofDesireandTheMurderer NextDoor

Kenrick is exceptional among psychologists in understanding the connections between our biological evolution and our brain processes, but he is also exceptional among evolutionary psychologists in applying this knowledge to issues that really matterlike who we love and who we hate, why people kill and save others, why they want meaning rather than chaos.

Pascal Boyer, Henry Luce Professorof Anthropologyand Psychology, Washington University; author ofReligion Explained

Doug Kenrick understood the meaning and significance of unconscious evolutionary drivers of social behavior long before that line of thinking became fashionablehis work on fundamental social motives, published in the top psychology research journals such as Psychological Review and Behavioral and Brain Sciences, has been a tremendously influential integration of evolutionary psychology, cognitive science, and the unconscious. This provocative and fascinating book will be as well.

John Bargh, professor of psychology and cognitive science, Yale University; editor ofThe New Unconscious

Doug Kenrick is perfectly suited to write this kind of book: One that is intellectually dead-on accurate with respect to facts and exposition of theory, and yet engaging and thought-provoking to a wide audience. Kenrick is a leading scholar and researcher in the field of evolutionary psychology. He knows the field as well as anyone. He thinks deeply, critically, and clearly. At the same time, hes a brilliant writer and teacherand as able to be engagingly witty as anyone I know. His wit may focus on some sensitive topics, but its smart, intellectually insightful, and brilliantly illuminating.

Steven Gangestad, Distinguished Professor ofPsychology, University of New Mexico; author ofTheEvolutionary Biologyof HumanFemale Sexuality

His engaging and humorous writing style, and his fitting use of interesting and captivating real-life examples, makes even the most complex scientific findings come alive. Thus, his book is both scholarly and entertaining, a relatively rare combination in todays marketplace.

Jeffry Simpson, editor ofJournal of Personality& SocialPsychology; professor of psychology, University ofMinnesota; author ofThe Evolutionof Mind

Also by Douglas T. Kenrick

Social Psychology (with Steven L. Neuberg and Robert B. Cialdini)
Evolutionary Social Psychology (with Jeffry A. Simpson)

Introduction

YOU, ME, CHARLES DARWIN, AND DR. SEUSS

You and I have probably never met, but you might be shocked to learn how well we know one another and how intimately our lives are connected.

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