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Melvin Konner

Welcome to my website.

I apply science to human nature and experience, exploring the links between biology and behavior, medicine and society, nature and culture. Why do we do what we do, think what we think, feel what we feel? I find answers in anthropology, biology, medicine, evolution, the brain, childhood, history, and culture. I've often commented on medical ethics, health care reform, child care, and other issues, and I do that here too. Your comments are welcome.

Selected Books

  • The Tangled Wing
  • Becoming a Doctor
  • The Jewish Body
  • The Evolution of Childhood
  • Revised Kindle edition 2018

Recent Posts

  • Planning to Party Big? Don’t. Party Small.
  • Bad Breath
  • Juneteenth. 605,000. 2.9x. 2.0x.
  • Oasis in a Burning World
  • Robin in the Coal Mine

Recent Comments

  • Mel Konner on Planning to Party Big? Don’t. Party Small.
  • Ron Pell on Planning to Party Big? Don’t. Party Small.
  • Mel on Planning to Party Big? Don’t. Party Small.
  • Ron Pell on Planning to Party Big? Don’t. Party Small.
  • Mel on Juneteenth. 605,000. 2.9x. 2.0x.

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