The Intimate Animal

Brilliant. A must read for anyone curious about the deeper forces behind love, sex, and connection.

Dr Emily Morse, author of Smart Sex

Evolutionary biologist Justin Garcia’s groundbreaking studies reveal the latest changes in human dating and mating as well as some of our most ancient needs and desires.

Scott Barry Kaufman, author of Rise Above and host of The Psychology Podcast

Compassionate, data-rich, and radically hopeful. This book is a revelation. Garcia cuts through noise and shame to map how we bond, break, and begin again.

Lara Love Hardin, New York Times bestselling author of The Many Lives of Mama Love

As technology fundamentally shifts how we experience intimacy, Garcia brings us back to the animal inside to remind us that even when connection, love, and desire feel elusive, it’s exactly what we’re wired for.

Esther Perel, psychotherapist and New York Times bestselling author of Mating in Captivity

I ABSOLUTELY LOVED THIS BOOK! So exciting to see a research-based book that gets to the real fundamentals in understanding what it means to be human. This book is a real page turner, so rare in non-fiction.

John Gottman, author of Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work

A daring exploration of how our hunger for closeness shapes every stage of intimacy—and why learning to nurture that hunger may be the most important work we ever do.

Iris Krasnow, bestselling author of Surrendering to Marriage