EPISODE · Jul 26, 2019 · 14 MIN

How Lust Built Our Brains

from This Is Your Brain With Dr. Phil Stieg · host Dr. Phil Stieg

The drive to reproduce – to move our DNA into tomorrow – may be behind our ability to do math, make music, and even play sports. Evolutionary anthropologist Helen Fisher explains why our complicated brains evolved in response to a very primal urge to mate.

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