A HunterGatherers Guide to the 21st..., Heather Heying

A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st...

by Heather Heying
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Unabridged: 8 hr 17 min
Narrator: Heather Heying
Published: 09/14/2021
Category: Social Science
Heather Heying is an American evolutionary biologist, author, educator, and commentator whose work applies evolutionary perspectives to human behavior, education, culture, relationships, and contemporary social questions. She taught biology at Evergreen State College and later co-authored A Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century with evolutionary biologist Bret Weinstein. The book argues that many modern difficulties can be better understood by considering the mismatch between rapidly changing technological and social environments and human traits shaped over long evolutionary periods. Readers searching for Heather Heying audiobooks, A Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century audiobook, evolutionary biology, human behavior audiobooks, science and society, and evolutionary psychology will find broad and argument-driven listening. Her work is particularly suited to audiences interested in applying evolutionary reasoning to modern life and in debates about education, technology, health, sex differences, and social institutions. Heying and Weinstein are public commentators whose conclusions on several scientific, medical, and cultural issues have been disputed by other scientists and experts. Listeners should distinguish well-established evolutionary principles from broader interpretations or contested contemporary claims and consult current expert guidance for medical decisions. Her audiobook work offers audiences a provocative framework for asking how ancient biological inheritance interacts with environments that humans have transformed extraordinarily quickly.