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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... aesthetic tastes , why shouldn't these animals be able to breed themselves according to their own sexual tastes ? Biology students now are usually taught that sexual selection is a subset of natural selection , and that natural ...
... aesthetic tastes , why shouldn't these animals be able to breed themselves according to their own sexual tastes ? Biology students now are usually taught that sexual selection is a subset of natural selection , and that natural ...
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... of the species . This was a strong claim : sexual selection through mate choice alone , according to the aesthetic preference of female animals , could drive traits to a very high degree of elaboration DARWIN'S PRODIGY 41.
... of the species . This was a strong claim : sexual selection through mate choice alone , according to the aesthetic preference of female animals , could drive traits to a very high degree of elaboration DARWIN'S PRODIGY 41.
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... aesthetic tastes may differ . Darwin explained that some bird songs sound unmelodic and harsh to our ears , but may still seem attractive to females of the species . Male bitterns ( relatives of herons ) produce mating calls that sound ...
... aesthetic tastes may differ . Darwin explained that some bird songs sound unmelodic and harsh to our ears , but may still seem attractive to females of the species . Male bitterns ( relatives of herons ) produce mating calls that sound ...
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... aesthetic ornamentation in nature , realizing that natural selection cannot explain most of it , and developing his sexual selection ideas precisely to describe how animal psychology leads to the evolution of animal ornamentation ...
... aesthetic ornamentation in nature , realizing that natural selection cannot explain most of it , and developing his sexual selection ideas precisely to describe how animal psychology leads to the evolution of animal ornamentation ...
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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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