EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY Summarized

EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY Summarized

Why We Do What We Do: The Biology of Human Nature, Mating Strategies, and Social BehaviorBy Devon KadeRecorded Track
Length8h 35m

About this audiobook

YOU ARE RUNNING 200,000-YEAR-OLD SOFTWARE IN A 21ST-CENTURY WORLD. Why do you crave sugar even when you’re full? Why does a rejection on a dating app feel like a physical blow? Why do we gossip, worry about status, and divide the world into "us" vs. "them"? Stop fighting your nature and start understanding it. Inside, you will discover: The Mismatch Hypothesis: Why modern life causes anxiety, obesity, and depression (and how to fix it). The Science of Mating: The ruthless mathematics behind attraction, infidelity, and why men and women evolved different sexual strategies. The "Selfish Gene": Why we help our family, why we trust strangers (sometimes), and the biology of altruism. Status & Hierarchy: The evolutionary reason you care what other people think of you. The Roots of Tribalism: Why the human brain is hardwired for "Us vs. Them" conflict and how to override it. Cheater Detection: How your brain instinctively spots liars and social parasites.

Audiobook details

GenrePsychology, Science and Nature
Length8 hrs 35 mins
Narrated byRecorded Track
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateApr 14, 2026
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

101. Title and Blurb
1919. The Grandmother Hypothesis
202. Natural Selection and the Three Ingredients
2020. Reciprocal Altruism and Social Exchange
303. Sexual Selection: The Peacock’s Tail
2121. The Cheater Detection Mechanism
404. The Environment of Evolutionary Adaptedness (EEA)
2222. Status, Prestige, and Dominance Hierarchies
505. Products of Evolution: Adaptations, By-products, and Noise
2323. Coalitional Psychology and In-Group/Out-Group Bias
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606. The Adapted Mind: Domain-Specificity
2424. Aggression as a Solution to Adaptive Problems
707. Food Acquisition and the Hunter-Gatherer Hypothesis
2525. Theory of Mind and Machiavellian Intelligence
808. Navigating the Physical World: Shelter and Landscape Preferences
2626. Language: The Social Glue
909. Fears, Phobias, and Predator Defense
2727. The Evolution of Morality and Fairness
1010. The Behavioral Immune System: Disgust and Disease
2828. Religion and Supernatural Belief
1111. Parental Investment Theory
2929. Co-evolution of Culture and Biology
1212. Women’s Long-Term Mating Strategies
3030. The Mismatch Hypothesis
1313. Men’s Long-Term Mating Strategies
3131. Evolutionary Psychopathology
1414. Short-Term Sexual Strategies
3232. Consumer Behavior and Costly Signaling
1515. Sexual Conflict and the Battle of the Sexes
3333. Further Reading: A Library for the Aspiring Expert
1616. Sperm Competition and Mate Guarding
3434. Epilogue: The Ape at the Controls
1717. Kin Selection and Hamilton’s Rule
3535. Closing
1818. Parent-Offspring Conflict

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