The Red Queen by Matt Ridley

The Red Queen : Paperback : HarperCollins Publishers Inc : 9780060556570 : 0060556579 : 08 Jul 2011 : Citing the Red Queen from "Through the Looking Glass, " who has to keep running to stay in the same place, Ridley demonstrates why sex is humanity's best strategy for outwitting its constantly mutating internal predators, and answers dozens of other riddles of human nature and culture.