The Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human NatureAt 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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This book will be intriguing even to readers with only a superficial knowledge of evolutionary biology.” —Tlze Washington Post Book World “A brilliant and seductive book. It will sweep you off your feet. And, when you come to earth ...
This book will be intriguing even to readers with only a superficial knowledge of evolutionary biology.” —Tlze Washington Post Book World “A brilliant and seductive book. It will sweep you off your feet. And, when you come to earth ...
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From a pragmatic biological viewpoint, art and music seem like pointless wastes of energy. Human morality and humor seem irrelevant to the business of finding food and avoiding predators. Moreover, if human intelligence and creativity ...
From a pragmatic biological viewpoint, art and music seem like pointless wastes of energy. Human morality and humor seem irrelevant to the business of finding food and avoiding predators. Moreover, if human intelligence and creativity ...
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The human mind and the peacocks tail may serve similar biological functions. The peacock's tail is the classic example of sexual selection through mate choice. It evolved because peahens preferred larger, more colorful tails.
The human mind and the peacocks tail may serve similar biological functions. The peacock's tail is the classic example of sexual selection through mate choice. It evolved because peahens preferred larger, more colorful tails.
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It views human nature as a set of biological adaptations, and tries to discover which problems of living and reproducing those adaptations evolved to solve. It grounds human behavior in evolutionary biology. Some critics believe that ...
It views human nature as a set of biological adaptations, and tries to discover which problems of living and reproducing those adaptations evolved to solve. It grounds human behavior in evolutionary biology. Some critics believe that ...
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To date, it has proven very difficult to propose a biological function for human creative intelligence that fits the ... Evolutionary biology works by one cardinal rule: to understand an adaptation, one has to understand its evolved ...
To date, it has proven very difficult to propose a biological function for human creative intelligence that fits the ... Evolutionary biology works by one cardinal rule: to understand an adaptation, one has to understand its evolved ...
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Пользовательский отзыв - Drifter83 - LibraryThingI am always impressed when very smart people in very technical fields can effectively explain their work to the rest of us. Miller does this, and he does it in an entertaining (and sexy) way.What I ... Читать весь отзыв
The mating mind: how sexual choice shaped the evolution of human nature
Пользовательский отзыв - Not Available - Book VerdictMiller (senior research fellow, Centre for Economic Learning and Social Evolution, Univ. Coll., London) here argues that the human mind and human behaviorDincluding language and moralityDhave evolved ... Читать весь отзыв
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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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