A behavior occurs-whether an example of humans at our best, worst, or somewhere in between.
Sapolsky's storytelling concept is delightful but it also has a powerful intrinsic logic: he starts by looking at the factors that bear on a person's reaction in the precise moment a behavior occurs, and then hops back in time from there, in stages, ultimately ending up at the deep history of our species and its evolutionary legacy.Īnd so the first category of explanation is the neurobiological one. Named a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journalįrom the celebrated neurobiologist and primatologist, a landmark, genre-defining examination of human behavior, both good and bad, and an answer to the question: Why do we do the things we do? I loved it.' -Dina Temple-Raston, The Washington Post 'Hands-down one of the best books I’ve read in years. 'It has my vote for science book of the year.” -Parul Sehgal, The New York Times
“It’s no exaggeration to say that Behave is one of the best nonfiction books I’ve ever read.” -David P.
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