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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... 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 learn new things . Perhaps our big brains , evolved for technophilic survivalism , can be co - opted for the arts . However , this side - effect view is equally unsatisfying . Temperamentally , it reflects nothing more than a ...
... ability to learn new things . Perhaps our big brains , evolved for technophilic survivalism , can be co - opted for the arts . However , this side - effect view is equally unsatisfying . Temperamentally , it reflects nothing more than a ...
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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 function ? A Mind for Courtship This book proposes that our minds evolved ...
... 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 function ? A Mind for Courtship This book proposes that our minds evolved ...
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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 ...
... 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 ...
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... ability to attribute beliefs and desires to others , which they call our " Theory of Mind , " was a key stage in human evolution . Scientists became excited about social competition because they realized that it could have become an ...
... ability to attribute beliefs and desires to others , which they call our " Theory of Mind , " was a key stage in human evolution . Scientists became excited about social competition because they realized that it could have become an ...
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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 |
Virtues of Good Breeding | 292 |
Cyrano and Scheherazade | 341 |
The Wit to Woo | 392 |
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