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Short, sassy, and bold, Mean Genes uses a Darwinian lens to examine the issues that most deeply affect our lives: body image, money, addiction, violence, and th
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In evolution, most genes survive and spread within populations because they increase the ability of their hosts (or their close relatives) to survive and reprod