{"product_id":"the-shortest-history-of-sex-two-billion-years-of-procreation-and-recreation-9781891011344","title":"The Shortest History of Sex: Two Billion Years of Procreation and Recreation","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the first exchange of DNA to Tinder and sexbots--how did sex begin, and how did it evolve to be so varied and complex in humans? What influence do our genetic ancestors have on our love lives today? And what might sex look like in the future?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Shortest History of Sex\u003c\/em\u003e traces where all the facets of human sexuality came from, starting at the creation of sex approximately two billion years ago and chasing it down our evolutionary family tree--from dinosaurs to primates and the earliest humans--until we arrive at the present, revealing why humanity's baffling array of passions, impulses, and fetishes are the way they are.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the basic chemical process of two microbes sharing DNA to the modern phenomena of online dating, author David Baker guides the reader toward a clear understanding of one of the deepest and most abiding forces of human nature. \u003cem\u003eThe Shortest History of Sex\u003c\/em\u003e looks at how sex changed for humans across the foraging, agrarian, and modern eras, and how we arrived at a period in history where the present nature of our sex lives has no historical or evolutionary precedent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe result is a revealing and utterly unique insight into history and human behavior--and the dance between nature and nurture in society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Experiment, LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/06\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781891011344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336","brand":"David Baker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43397760057525,"sku":"9781891011344","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_0bfc0063-c121-4b04-8a0f-daf2f97909f7.jpg?v=1702393797","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-shortest-history-of-sex-two-billion-years-of-procreation-and-recreation-9781891011344","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}