Manthropology: The Science of Why the Modern Male Is Not the Man He Used to Be

✍ Scribed by McAllister, Peter

• Book ID: 107818647
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 204 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9780312555436

✦ Synopsis

Manthropology is the first of its kind. Spanning continents and centuries, it is an in-depth look into the history and science of manliness. From speed and strength, to beauty and sex appeal, to bravado and wit, it examines how man today compares to his masculine ancestors.

Peter McAllister set out to rebut the claim that man today is suffering from feminization and emasculation. He planned to use his skills as a paleoanthropologist and journalist to write a book demonstrating unequivocally that man today is a triumph---the result of a hard-fought evolutionary struggle toward greatness.

As you will see, he failed. In nearly every category of manliness, modern man turned out to be not just matched, but bested, by his ancestors. Stung, McAllister embarked on a new mission. If his book couldn't be a testament to modern male achievement, he decided, it would be a record of his failures.

Manthropology, then,is a globe-spanning tour of the science...