The Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human NatureKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 21 дек. 2011 г. - Всего страниц: 528 At once a pioneering study of evolution and an accessible and lively reading experience, a book that offers the most convincing—and radical—explanation for how and why the human mind evolved. Consciousness, morality, creativity, language, and art: these are the traits that make us human. Scientists have traditionally explained these qualities as merely a side effect of surplus brain size, but Miller argues that they were sexual attractors, not side effects. He bases his argument on Darwin’ s theory of sexual selection, which until now has played second fiddle to Darwin’ s theory of natural selection, and draws on ideas and research from a wide range of fields, including psychology, economics, history, and pop culture. Witty, powerfully argued, and continually thought-provoking, The Mating Mind is a landmark in our understanding of our own species. |
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... ability or general learning capacity. I take my inspiration not from the Central Park Learning Center on the north ... abilities have evolved for the same ftmction? A Mind for Courtship This book proposes that our minds evolved not just ...
... ability or general learning capacity. I take my inspiration not from the Central Park Learning Center on the north ... abilities have evolved for the same ftmction? A Mind for Courtship This book proposes that our minds evolved not just ...
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... abilities are like the peacock's tail: they are courtship tools, evolved to attract and entertain sexual partners. By shifting our attention from a survival-centered view of evolution to a courtship-centered view, I shall try to show ...
... abilities are like the peacock's tail: they are courtship tools, evolved to attract and entertain sexual partners. By shifting our attention from a survival-centered view of evolution to a courtship-centered view, I shall try to show ...
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... ability to attribute beliefs and desires to others, which they call our “Theory of Mind." was :1 key stage in human evolution. Scientists became excited about social competition because they realized that it could have become an endless ...
... ability to attribute beliefs and desires to others, which they call our “Theory of Mind." was :1 key stage in human evolution. Scientists became excited about social competition because they realized that it could have become an endless ...
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... ability to form and maintain social alliances leads to easier foraging, better protection against predators, and better sexual access to desired mates. This in turn may lead to higher reproductive success, if the desired mates are ...
... ability to form and maintain social alliances leads to easier foraging, better protection against predators, and better sexual access to desired mates. This in turn may lead to higher reproductive success, if the desired mates are ...
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... ability. On the contrary, if artistic ability were uniform and universal, our ancestors could not have used it as a criterion for picking sexual partners. As we shall see, the same reasoning may explain why people show such wide ...
... ability. On the contrary, if artistic ability were uniform and universal, our ancestors could not have used it as a criterion for picking sexual partners. As we shall see, the same reasoning may explain why people show such wide ...
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The Runaway Brain | 68 |
A Mind Fit for Mating | 99 |
Ornamental Genius | 138 |
Courtship in the Pleistocene | 177 |
Bodies of Evidence | 224 |
Arts of Seduction | 258 |
Cyrano and Scheherazade 34 | 341 |
The Wit to Woo | 392 |
Epilogue | 426 |
Acknowledgments | 434 |
Glossary | 436 |
Notes | 447 |
Bibliography | 467 |
Index | 491 |
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