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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... work of some intelligent force and some active designer . However , I think the active designers were our ancestors , using their powers of sexual choice to influence unconsciously what kind of offspring they produced . By intelligently ...
... work of some intelligent force and some active designer . However , I think the active designers were our ancestors , using their powers of sexual choice to influence unconsciously what kind of offspring they produced . By intelligently ...
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... the courtship problems they faced at night . In poetic terms , I wondered whether the mind evolved by moonlight . In ... work , why not try the other ? Science has spent over a century trying to explain the mind's evolution through ...
... the courtship problems they faced at night . In poetic terms , I wondered whether the mind evolved by moonlight . In ... work , why not try the other ? Science has spent over a century trying to explain the mind's evolution through ...
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... struggle between crafty Chinese eunuchs or horticulturally competitive nuns : it was a complex social game in which real males and real females played for real sexual stakes . They played sometimes with homicidal or rapacious violence ...
... struggle between crafty Chinese eunuchs or horticulturally competitive nuns : it was a complex social game in which real males and real females played for real sexual stakes . They played sometimes with homicidal or rapacious violence ...
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... work ethic . It does not get tax credits for research and development . It cannot understand how a costly investment in big brains today may be justified by cultural riches tomorrow . To understand the mind's evolution , it is probably ...
... work ethic . It does not get tax credits for research and development . It cannot understand how a costly investment in big brains today may be justified by cultural riches tomorrow . To understand the mind's evolution , it is probably ...
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... approach suggests that modern evolutionary theory is a castle built on sand , whereas modern psychology is the Rock of Gibraltar . I take the opposite view . Mostly , my sexual choice theory relies on conservative , well - established ...
... approach suggests that modern evolutionary theory is a castle built on sand , whereas modern psychology is the Rock of Gibraltar . I take the opposite view . Mostly , my sexual choice theory relies on conservative , well - established ...
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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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