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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... cost so much energy to run , given that the vast majority of successful animal species survive perfectly well with tiny brains ? Second , there was a very long lag between the brain's expansion and its apparent survival payoffs during ...
... cost so much energy to run , given that the vast majority of successful animal species survive perfectly well with tiny brains ? Second , there was a very long lag between the brain's expansion and its apparent survival payoffs during ...
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... costs of large brains will someday pay off with the development of civilization . This is a terrible mistake . Evolution does not have a Protestant work ethic . It does not get tax credits for research and development . It cannot ...
... costs of large brains will someday pay off with the development of civilization . This is a terrible mistake . Evolution does not have a Protestant work ethic . It does not get tax credits for research and development . It cannot ...
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... costs of large brains , than about what they actually used their brains for . Evidence in the last decade has revealed how our ancestors evolved the ability to exploit energyrich foods such as game animals that could be hunted for meat ...
... costs of large brains , than about what they actually used their brains for . Evidence in the last decade has revealed how our ancestors evolved the ability to exploit energyrich foods such as game animals that could be hunted for meat ...
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... cost , could have allowed our ancestors to afford larger bodies , larger brains , more milk production , or whatever other costly traits evolution might have favored . But a higher energy budget does not in itself explain why our brains ...
... cost , could have allowed our ancestors to afford larger bodies , larger brains , more milk production , or whatever other costly traits evolution might have favored . But a higher energy budget does not in itself explain why our brains ...
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... costs and benefits in a biological context . The emphasis is on what and why , rather than how , when , or where . For every theory of every adaptation , there is one demand that modern biologists make : show me the fitness ! That is ...
... costs and benefits in a biological context . The emphasis is on what and why , rather than how , when , or where . For every theory of every adaptation , there is one demand that modern biologists make : show me the fitness ! That is ...
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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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