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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How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature Geoffrey Miller. and ... selection . He realized that bugs must be golden for their own purposes , not ... female pigeons with relentless cooing and strutting . If the females go away ...
How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature Geoffrey Miller. and ... selection . He realized that bugs must be golden for their own purposes , not ... female pigeons with relentless cooing and strutting . If the females go away ...
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How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature Geoffrey Miller ... selection is simply a way of describing how differences in reproductive success lead ... female birds , by selecting , during thousands of generations , the most ...
How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature Geoffrey Miller ... selection is simply a way of describing how differences in reproductive success lead ... female birds , by selecting , during thousands of generations , the most ...
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... selection was not only useful in explaining ornamental traits that natural ... choice , picking the stronger and more attractive males over the weaker and ... female norm . Mature males become more strongly differentiated , compared ...
... selection was not only useful in explaining ornamental traits that natural ... choice , picking the stronger and more attractive males over the weaker and ... female norm . Mature males become more strongly differentiated , compared ...
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... females . The second process , sexual selection through female choice , interested him far more than male contests of strength . The hypothesis of female choice was , Darwin knew , among his most daring and unanticipated . The theory of ...
... females . The second process , sexual selection through female choice , interested him far more than male contests of strength . The hypothesis of female choice was , Darwin knew , among his most daring and unanticipated . The theory of ...
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... female choice could account for it : The case of the male Argus is eminently interesting , because it affords good evidence that the most refined beauty may serve as a charm for the female , and for no other purpose .... Many will ...
... female choice could account for it : The case of the male Argus is eminently interesting , because it affords good evidence that the most refined beauty may serve as a charm for the female , and for no other purpose .... Many will ...
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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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