Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

New York Times bestseller Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize One of the Washington Post's 10 Best Books of the Year Its no exaggeration to say that Behave is one of the best nonfiction books Ive ever read. David P. Barash, The Wall Street Journal "It has my vote for science book of the year. Parul Sehgal, The New York Times "Immensely readable, often hilarious...Hands-down one of the best books Ive read in years. I loved it." Dina Temple-Raston, The Washington Post From the bestselling author of A Primate's Memoir and the forthcoming Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will comes a landmark, genre-defining examination of human behavior and an answer to the question: Why do we do the things we do? Behave is one of the most dazzling tours dhorizon of the science of human behavior ever attempted. Moving across a range of disciplines, Sapolskya neuroscientist and primatologistuncovers the hidden story of our actions. Undertaking some of our thorniest questions relating to tribalism and xenophobia, hierarchy and competition, and war and peace, Behave is a towering achievementa majestic synthesis of cutting-edge research and a heroic exploration of why we ultimately do the things we do . . . for good and for ill.