and other essays on the biology of the human predicament /
Robert M. Sapolsky
First Touchstone edition
New York, NY :
Simon & Schuster,
1998, c1997
288 p. :
ill. ;
21 cm
"A Touchstone book."
Includes bibliographical references
How big is yours? -- Primate peekaboo -- The night you ruined your pajamas -- Measures of life -- The young and the reckless -- The solace of patterns -- Beelzebub's SAT scores -- Poverty's remains -- Junk food monkeys -- The burden of being burden-free -- The trouble with testosterone -- The graying of the troop -- Curious George's pharmacy -- The dangers of fallen soufflés in the developing world -- The dissolution of ego boundaries and the fit of my father's shirt -- Why you feel crummy when you're sick -- Circling the blanket for God