The Other Big Bang: The Story of Sex and Its Human Legacy

Sex shapes who we are as individuals and as a species. Where in the mists of time did something so important originate, and what does this history tell us about ourselves? Why do we have sex, and sexes, at all?



In The Other Big Bang, the evolutionary and developmental biologist Eric S. Haag explores the two-billion-year history of sex, from the first organisms on Earth to contemporary humans. He delves into the deep history of sexual reproduction, from its origins as a fix for a mutational c...