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The Murderer Next Door

Based on a wealth of groundbreaking research, a leading psychologist's fascinating investigation of why we are all "wired to kill".

Reporting on findings that are often startling and counterintuitive-the younger woman involved in a love triangle is at a high risk of being killed-he puts forth a bold new general theory of homicide, arguing that the human psyche has evolved specialized adaptations whose function is to kill. Taking readers through the surprising twists and turns of the evolutionary logic of murder, he explains exactly when each of us is most at risk, both of being murdered and of becoming a murderer. His findings about the high-risk situations alone will be news making.


Author:

  • David M. Buss

Narrator:

  • Michael Prichard

Format:

  • Audiobook

Duration:

  • 10 h 41 min

Language:

English

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    David M. Buss

    David M. Buss, Ph.D., is a professor of psychology at the University of Texas, Austin, and previously taught at Harvard University and the University of Michigan. He is the author of the highly praised The Evolution of Desire and is internationally known for his expertise on sex, emotions, and the strategies of human mating. He lives in Austin, Texas.

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