An updated edition incorporates the latest findings in genetics, molecular biology, and neuroscience to discuss the factors that contribute to human identity and activity, in a volume that considers such topics as aggression, attachment, gender differences, and mental illness. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.
Melvin Konner, M.D., Ph.D., is the Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Anthropology and an associate professor of neurology at Emory University. He is the author of Becoming a Doctor and Why the Reckless Survive and Other Secrets of Human Nature. A Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, he lives in Atlanta, Georgia.