Named one of the best books of the year by The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal, “It has my vote for Science Book of the Year.” - Parul Sehgal, The New York Times. “Clearly one of the best books I've read in years. I loved it.” - Dina Temple-Raston, The Washington Post. “It is no exaggeration to say that Behave is one of the best nonfiction books I have ever read.” - David P. Barash, The Wall Street Journal.

From the celebrated neurobiologist and primatologist, a groundbreaking, genre-defining exploration of human behavior, both good and bad, and an answer to the question: Why do we do the things we do? Sapolsky's narrative approach is engaging but also has a strong internal logic: he begins by examining the factors that influence a person's response at the exact moment of behavior, then gradually steps back in time until he ultimately arrives at the deep history of our species.