Since Darwin's day, we've been told that sexual monogamy comes naturally to our species.
Mainstream science - as well as religious and cultural institutions - has maintained that men
and women evolved in families in which a man's possessions and protection were exchanged for
a woman's fertility and fidelity. But this narrative is collapsing. Fewer and fewer couples
are getting married, and divorce rates keep climbing as adultery and flagging libido drag down
even seemingly solid marriages.

How can reality be reconciled with the accepted narrative? It can't be, according to renegade
thinkers Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jetha. While debunking almost everything we "know" about
sex, they offer a bold alternative explanation in this provocative and brilliant book.

Ryan and Jetha's central contention is that human beings evolved in egalitarian groups that
shared food, child care, and, often, sexual partners. Weaving together convergent, frequently
overlooked evidence from anthropology, archaeology, primatology, anatomy, and psychosexuality,
the authors show how far from human nature monogamy really is. Human beings everywhere and in
every era have confronted the same familiar, intimate situations in surprisingly different ways.
The authors expose the ancient roots of human sexuality while pointing toward a more optimistic
future illuminated by our innate capacities for love, cooperation, and generosity.
by Christopher Ryan , Cacilda Jetha

.Sex at Dawn is the single most important book about human sexuality since Alfred Kinsey
unleashed Sexual Behavior in the Human Male on the American public in 1948.. (Dan Savage)

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