How Lust Built Our Brains

Episode 19 of the This Is Your Brain With Dr. Phil Stieg podcast, hosted by Dr. Phil Stieg, titled "How Lust Built Our Brains" was published on July 26, 2019 and runs 14 minutes.

July 26, 2019 ·14m · This Is Your Brain With Dr. Phil Stieg

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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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