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Anatomy of Love
by Helen Fisher
Fisher's natural history of mating, marriage and divorce: the four-year itch, serial monogamy, and cross-cultural patterns, revised with modern data. Scholarly and readable.
Read it if…
you want the anthropology of human pair-bonding.
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Skip it if…
you want advice.
Try instead: Why We Love →
Three things you will actually use
- Pair-bonding has deep roots.
- Divorce peaks follow patterns.
- Culture shapes biology's expression.
Do this first
Read the chapter on the four-year itch.
Our verdict
Anthropology of love.
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