Race, Monogamy, and Other Lies They Told You

There are three major myths of human nature: humans are divided into biological races; humans are naturally aggressive; men and women are truly different in behavior, desires, and wiring. In an engaging and wide-ranging narrative Agustín Fuentes counters these pervasive and pernicious myths about human behavior. Tackling misconceptions about what race, aggression, and sex really mean for humans, Fuentes incorporates an accessible understanding of culture, genetics, and evolution requiring us to dispose of notions of “nature or nurture.” Presenting scientific evidence from diverse fields, including anthropology, biology, and psychology, Fuentes devises a myth-busting toolkit to dismantle persistent fallacies about the validity of biological races, the innateness of aggression and violence, and the nature of monogamy and differences between the sexes. A final chapter plus an appendix provide a set of take-home points on how readers can myth-bust on their own. Accessible, compelling, and original, this book is a rich and nuanced account of how nature, culture, experience, and choice interact to influence human behavior.

Additional ISBNs: 0520285999, 9780520285996Race, Monogamy, and Other Lies They Told You: Busting Myths about Human Nature 1st Edition is written by Agustín Fuentes and published by University of California Press. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for Race, Monogamy, and Other Lies They Told You are 9780520951679, 0520951670 and the print ISBNs are 9780520269712, 0520269713.