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A sharp, concise introduction to the evolution of emotions and their biological basis. Evans takes the reader on a fascinating journey into the human heart.
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Dylan Evans received his PhD in Philosophy from the London School of Economics in 2000. He has taught at various universities around the world and written nine books, including The Utopia Experiment (Picador, 2015) and Atheism: All That Matters (Hodder 2014). In 2006-7 he ran the Utopia Experiment, an extended simulation of what life might be like if civilisation collapsed. He has also spent extended periods of time training horses in Guatemala, living with the Bedouins in the Sahara, and learning to play dead-goat polo in Kazakhstan.
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