Peter Mcallister

Manthropology (eBook, ePUB)

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

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

" Manthropology aims to do for the history of man what Freakonomics did for statistics . . . An eye-opener and a bracing call to arms." - Men's Journal

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 of masculinity. It kicks off in Ice Age France, where a biomechanical analysis demonstrates that La Ferrassie 2, a Neanderthal woman discovered in the early 1900s, would cream 2004 World Arm Wrestling Federation champion Alexey Voyevoda in an arm wrestle. Then it moves on to medieval Serbia, showing how Slavic guslar poets (who were famously able to repeat a two thousand-line verse after just one hearing) would have destroyed Curtis Jackson, aka 50 Cent, in a rap battle. Finally, it takes the reader to the steaming jungles of modern equatorial Africa, where Aka Pygmy men are such super-dads, they even grow breasts to suckle their children. Now, that's commitment.

For modern man, the results of these investigations aren't always pretty. But in its look at the history of men, Manthropology is unfailingly smart, informative, surprising, and entertaining.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: St. Martin's Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781429940849
• Artikelnr.: 39943550

Autorenporträt

Peter McAllister is an engineer, scientist, turned technology manager who wants to share the stories that keep him awake at night. In his professional life, he works in IT where tools such as AI are becoming prevalent. This behind-the-scenes knowledge, along with his previous work at the intersection of technology, business, and people, puts him in a great position to speculate on the future. Peter lives outside of Melbourne, with his wife, four cats, and the kangaroos that visit them.