Melvin Konner teaches anthropology and behavioral biology at Emory University. He received an MD and Ph.D. from Harvard. Konner has authored eleven books, including The Tangled Wing: Biological Constraints on the Human Spirit, Why the Reckless Survive, and Other Secrets of Human Nature. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and has written for many publications including Nature, Science, The New England Journal of Medicine, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek.