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The Evolution of Love
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Ada Lampert
ISBN: 0-275-95907-4
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-95907-4
144 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 9/30/1997
List Price: $75.00 (UK Sterling Price: £51.95)
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Awards:
  • Choice Outstanding Academic Book, 1998
Description: Lampert presents the story of love: when, why, and how love became a central experience of humans. Assuming that our world is built of matter, she states that evolution is the change of this matter, according to the supreme criterion of success in offspring reproduction. Love evolved because of its contribution to reproduction. It first appeared in the mothers of mammals, who used the body's proximity as a main adaptation. Human love expands its borders to include the relationships between women and men, friends, and even nonhuman subjects. Lampert describes motherhood as the source of the genetic, hormonal, brain, and behavioral changes that we call love. In the sexual stage, love enters both as a way to select a partner and as a bonding force. Sexuality is built upon ancient layers of early forms of life, before humanity, and includes strong elements of aggression which interrupt our ability to experience a peaceful sexual life. Maternal love and sexual love combine in the evolution of the family. Lampert also examines homosexual love as a way to look at the fascinating process of growing sexual identity and behavior in an individual.

Written in a style suited to any educated person, Lampert uses current scientific knowledge on the brain, hormones, the nervous system, ethology, psychology, and even modern physics to make her case. This book will be of interest to students and scholars alike.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
    Love Is Matter
    Genes for Love
    The Appearance of Love
    Motherly Love in Humans
    Motherhood Speaks
    Maternal Love as Model
    Evolution of a Loving Brain
    Hierarchy of Love Styles in the Brain
    Hierarchy of Sexual Styles in the Brain
    The Evolution of Sexuality
    Sexual Strategies
    Long Term Bonding
    Evolution of the Family
    Mate Selection
    Homosexual Love
    Epilogue
    Sources and Further Reading
    Index
About the Author: ADA LAMPERT is Senior Lecturer in Evolutionary Psychology in the Department of Behavioral Sciences at the Ruppin Institute in Israel. /e Her research combines the psychology of emotions, sex differences, love, and the family with genetic, hormonal, and evolutionary thinking. Her earlier books have appeared in Hebrew.
LCC Class: 155
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