{"id":544,"date":"2008-06-11T22:54:25","date_gmt":"2008-06-12T02:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/?p=544"},"modified":"2008-06-11T22:54:25","modified_gmt":"2008-06-12T02:54:25","slug":"book-review-the-red-queen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/2008\/06\/11\/book-review-the-red-queen\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review &#8211; The Red Queen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a style=\"float: left; padding-right: 20px\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/16176.The_Red_Queen_Sex_and_the_Evolution_of_Human_Nature?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1166719841m\/16176.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/16176.The_Red_Queen_Sex_and_the_Evolution_of_Human_Nature?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review\">The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/3151.Matt_Ridley\">Matt Ridley<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/24284471?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/24284471?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review\">My review<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>rating: 5 of 5 stars<br \/>\nDarwin&#8217;s theory of <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Natural selection\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Natural_selection\">natural selection<\/a> opened a can of worms. Matt Ridley adds to the support for the case by attempting to explain: <em>Why sexual and not asexual reproduction? Why males and females? Why do some species switch sexes? Why is <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Human behavior\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Human_behavior\">human behavior<\/a> around sex so peculiar?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The arguments are well composed and organized to build the case. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. I especially enjoyed how others were interested in borrowing the book to read it themselves.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/list\/767304?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review\">View all my reviews.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>(Created on Goodreads.com. Inspired to compose my own by the review of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spynotebook.org\/jocelyn\/archives\/2008\/06\/twilight.html\">Twilight<\/a> by Jocelyn.)<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Zemified by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/reblog.zemanta.com\/zemified\/b6bf897f-3271-4794-b641-e325ed9c80dd\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.zemanta.com\/reblog_b.png\" alt=\"Zemanta Pixie\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature by Matt Ridley My review rating: 5 of 5 stars Darwin&#8217;s theory of natural selection opened a can of worms. Matt Ridley adds to the support for the case by attempting to explain: Why sexual and not asexual reproduction? Why males and females? 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