{"product_id":"9781529910568","title":"PRE-ORDER NOW Bonded by Evolution : What We've Got Wrong About Love and Connection by Paul Eastwick","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e PRE-ORDER NOW - Published: 12\/02\/2026 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eA ground-breaking look at the science of love and connection   and an urgent corrective to some of our most fundamental assumptions about attraction.\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'In a world saturated with cynical advice about dating and gender, this book is a revelation . . . \u003ci\u003eBonded by Evolution\u003c\/i\u003e is rigorous science written with warmth and moral clarity.' \u003c\/b\u003eDANIEL H. PINK, author of \u003ci\u003eDrive \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Power of Regret\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e---------------------\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe re told that what men and women desire from relationship is different and at odds   he s looking for novelty, she s looking for commitment; he s concerned with looks, she s concerned with status. We re told that we live in a hierarchy of romantic inequality, in which desirability is predetermined by a narrow set of characteristics and where some people are marriage material while others are wired for promiscuity. Such ideas have their roots in a branch of science called evolutionary psychology, and over the past few decades its ideas have permeated our culture and fuelled a narrative that inspires despair and anxiety   and, in its most extreme form, these ideas have been hijacked in the service of misogyny and violence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut this narrative is unscientific. The truth about human attraction   and the way evolution plays out in our romantic lives   is much more interesting and optimistic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBonded by Evolution \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a radical new picture of the roots of enduring chemistry. Distilling evolutionary biology, anthropology and psychology and informed by his pathbreaking research and original experiments at the Attraction and Relationships Research Laboratory in California, psychology professor Paul Eastwick reveals how attraction is best depicted as a process of finding   and, often, \u003ci\u003ecreating\u003c\/i\u003e   a compatible relationship. Once we understand how ancestral humans sought compatible partners in small networks, we can build a clearer   and brighter   picture of how attraction, sex and relationships really work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e---------------------\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Profound and pragmatic, suggesting an entirely different approach to the study   and pursuit   of love.' \u003c\/b\u003eERIC KLINENBERG, co-author of \u003ci\u003eModern Romance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Rarely have scientific rigor and exuberant optimism been such congenial companions . . . \u003ci\u003eBonded by Evolution\u003c\/i\u003e presents an optimistic new paradigm, one that provides clear guidance for romantic success.'\u003c\/b\u003e ELI FINKEL, author of \u003ci\u003eThe All or Nothing Marriage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56369004904821,"sku":"9781529910568","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781529910568.jpg?v=1763551693","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781529910568","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}