Dr Anna Machin is an evolutionary anthropologist from Oxford University, author and Tedx speaker who’s spent decades researching why humans love. She discusses how the West has become obsessed with romantic love and why it’s just as important to appreciate other areas of our lives where love also exists. 

 

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Find out more about Anna’s book Why We Love (Pegasus Books, $28.95) here, via her website, or on Twitter @dr_amachin. 

 

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