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

A Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century is a provocative call to realign our modern lives with our ancient biology. Evolutionary biologists Heather Heying and Bret Weinstein argue that many of today’s struggles—rising anxiety, poor health, political chaos—stem from living in ways that clash with the world our minds and bodies evolved to navigate. Survival in our earliest societies depended on leveraging the advantages of our sex differences, but today, even the concept of biological sex is increasingly dismissed as offensive. The cognitive dissonance created by trying to live in a society we’re not built for is killing us.

Blending science, anthropology, and common sense, the book explores everything from diet and parenting to work, education, and social connection. With insight and urgency, Heying and Weinstein offer a roadmap for living more wisely in a world that’s wildly out of sync with our nature.