Lents details how the animal world may hold many answers to these concepts. In this Q&A, Lents details how animal relationships can offer perspective on sexual diversity, social monogamy and gender identity.Newsweek: What drew you to the field of evolutionary biology?Lents: I've loved both history and biology since childhood.

Evolutionary biology is the study of the natural history of life, and humans have always been fascinated by our history. In previous eras, cultures developed various creation myths to explain our origins.

But now, science is developing tools and methodologies to probe our biological history and it is a thrill to play a small role in that.Why is looking at human sexuality and relationships through that lens useful?I maintain that the evolutionary lens is essential for understanding anything about us.

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