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To find your perfect mate, think like an evolutionist

David Puts · TED

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About

Matters of the heart sometimes feel impossible to parse. But when examined through the eye of an evolutionist, our romantic whims and sexual desires can start to make more sense, and even seem a bit predictable. Biological anthropologist David Puts confronts how we compete, care and copulate based on evolutionary biology -- and what that means for our love lives.

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TED
Department
TEDxPSU
Speaker
David Puts
Year
2014
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Society and politics
Source
TED
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