If you enjoyed this episode of The Covid Tonic, check out William von Hippel's 2018 book, The Social Leap: The New Evolutionary Science of Who We Are, Where We Come From, and What Makes Us Happy. 

Available at: https://www.amazon.com/Social-Leap-Evolutionary-Science-Where/dp/0062740393/

William von Hippel grew up in Alaska, got his B.A. at Yale and his PhD at the University of Michigan, and then taught for a dozen years at Ohio State University before finding his way to Australia, where he is a professor of psychology at the University of Queensland. He has published more than a hundred articles, chapters, and edited books, and his research has been featured in The New York Times, USA Today, The Economist, the BBC, Le Monde, El Mundo, Der Spiegel, and The Australian. He lives with his wife and two children in Brisbane, Australia.  

Learn more: https://psychology.uq.edu.au/profile/3034/bill-von-hippel