Described by Oliver Sacks as one of the best scientist-writers of our time Robert M. Sapolsky here presents the human animal in all its quirkiness & diversity. In these remarkable essays Sapolsky once again deploys his compassion & insights into the human condition to tell us who why & how we are. Monkeyluv" touches on themes such as sexuality aggression love parenting religion ageing & mental illness. He ponders such topics as our need to seek out beauty; why our preferences in food become fixed; why we are sexually attracted to one another; why Alzheimers disease tends to be a post-menopausal phenomenon; & why grandmothers buying groceries for their grandchildren are part of natures Darwinian logic."