A ground-breaking look at the science of love and connection - and an urgent corrective to some
of our most fundamental assumptions about attraction. 'In a world saturated with cynical
advice about dating and gender this book is a revelation . . . Bonded by Evolution is rigorous
science written with warmth and moral clarity.' DANIEL H. PINK author of Drive and The Power
of Regret --------------------- We're told that what men and women desire from relationship
is different and at odds - he's looking for novelty she's looking for commitment he's
concerned with looks she's concerned with status. We're told that we live in a hierarchy of
romantic inequality in which desirability is predetermined by a narrow set of characteristics
and where some people are marriage material while others are wired for promiscuity. Such ideas
have their roots in a branch of science called evolutionary psychology and over the past few
decades its ideas have permeated our culture and fuelled a narrative that inspires despair and
anxiety - and in its most extreme form these ideas have been hijacked in the service of
misogyny and violence. But this narrative is unscientific. The truth about human attraction -
and the way evolution plays out in our romantic lives - is much more interesting and
optimistic. Bonded by Evolution offers a radical new picture of the roots of enduring
chemistry. Distilling evolutionary biology anthropology and psychology and informed by his
pathbreaking research and original experiments at the Attraction and Relationships Research
Laboratory in California psychology professor Paul Eastwick reveals how attraction is best
depicted as a process of finding - and often creating - a compatible relationship. Once we
understand how ancestral humans sought compatible partners in small networks we can build a
clearer - and brighter - picture of how attraction sex and relationships really work.
--------------------- 'Profound and pragmatic suggesting an entirely different approach to
the study - and pursuit - of love.' ERIC KLINENBERG co-author of Modern Romance 'Rarely
have scientific rigor and exuberant optimism been such congenial companions . . . Bonded by
Evolution presents an optimistic new paradigm one that provides clear guidance for romantic
success.' ELI FINKEL author of The All or Nothing Marriage
