Women on the Edge of Evolution

Modern Women With Stone-Age Instincts? Why Evolution Served Our Ancestors, Why It Challenges Us Now, and How to Step Toward a Brighter Future

Who among us has managed to get this far in life without encountering challenges with a vast smorgasbord of temptations? Sometimes it is we ourselves who struggle with saying "no" and trying to find our way back to a path of healthy habits of thought and behavior. Equally, we bear the emotional (and sometimes physical) consequences when our partners lose their way.

The next time we notice ourselves or a loved one missing the mark, Connie Barlow suggests that we pause for a moment before casting blame or shame or spiraling down into guilt yet again. "Think about your great-great-great grandmothers - all 32 of them," she says. "Then ask yourself: which of my struggles did they have to deal with?"

Join evolutionary educator Connie Barlow for a walk back in time through our evolutionary past, in search of a new way of seeing (and thus approaching) some of the greatest challenges that face us today. Connie is the author four popular science books, two with MIT Press, that explore the heart of an evidence-based approach to meaning, inspiration, and right relationship to reality.