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Melvin Konner, M.D., Ph.D.

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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 now added select examples of my creative writing under Creations. 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

  • Recent Papers, and a Legacy
  • Planning to Party Big? Don’t. Party Small.
  • Bad Breath
  • Juneteenth. 605,000. 2.9x. 2.0x.
  • Oasis in a Burning World

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