'The Sexual Evolution: How 500 Million Years of Sex, Gender, and Mating Shape Modern Relationships'

By Ashley Sterner,

Melissa Gerr

Published March 7, 2025 at 12:58 PM EST

Cover of the book 'The Sexual Evolution: How 500 Million Years of Sex, Gender, and Mating Shape Modern Relationships' Photo provided by Harper Collins — *Book cover photo provided by Harper Collins*

We talk with evolutionary biologist Dr. Nathan Lents, about his book “The Sexual Evolution: How 500 Million Years of Sex, Gender, and Mating Shape Modern Relationships”. The book explores sex, gender, mating, and more in dozens of species -- from insects, to birds, to fish… to the primates most closely related to us humans. Lents is a Professor of Biology at John Jay College of The City University of New York.
Lents will be talking about the book at 6:30pm on March 13th at the Towson Branch of the Baltimore County Public Library, as part of the Book Lovers Bash, a month-long celebration of books, authors and reading.

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Ashley Sterner

Ashley Sterner is the co-host of WYPR’s <i>On The Record</i>.

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Melissa Gerr

Melissa Gerr is a Senior Producer for On the Record. She started in public media at Twin Cities Public Television in St. Paul, Minn., where she is from, and then worked as a field producer for Oregon Public Broadcasting in Portland. She made the jump to audio-lover in Baltimore as a digital media editor at Mid-Atlantic Media and Laureate Education, Inc. and as a field producer for "Out of the Blocks." Her beat is typically the off-beat with an emphasis on science, culture and things that make you say, 'Wait, what?'

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