Epstein Secrets

ds much of his time sifting through the blood of wild ani- mals. "When I see a monkey like that dragge

rk of other evolution- ary biologists. After graduating, Wolfe began doctoral studies at Harvard, under the guidance of the British pri- matologist Richard Wrangham and the noted neuroscientist Marc Hauser. Wolfe intended to continue his a- ploration of the primate medicinal ar- mamentarium, but Wrangham wasn't

ding. But like the frontier of the early American wild west, nature holds many secrets and surprises. So

ser, Bryce Huebner, Ann Jon, Gordon Kraft-Todd, Errol Morris, Philip Pettit, Steven Pinker, Lisa Pytka, Richard Sosis, Fritz Tsao, Jack Van Honk, and Richard Wrangham. My agent, John Brockman...not only a great agent but a wonderful human being who supported me during challenging times. My editors at Viking/Pengu

s controllable as property; others will seem like wild animals and thus dangerous, dirty and deserving o

physical health benefits, including evidence that distorted optimism can slow disease progression. Positive illusions are, as noted by the biologists Richard Wrangham, Robert Trivers, and Dominic Johnson, a form of self-deception with considerable evolutionary benefits. But like the runaway capacity of desire, so t