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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... Heritable " implies that some proportion of the differences between individuals in a particular trait are due to ... heritability in those differences . That is a good rule of thumb for identifying survival adaptations . But , as we ...
... Heritable " implies that some proportion of the differences between individuals in a particular trait are due to ... heritability in those differences . That is a good rule of thumb for identifying survival adaptations . But , as we ...
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... heritable individual differences that give survival or reproductive advantages over other individuals . Many recent books about the human mind's evolution have offered radical new ideas about how evolution works , but have described the ...
... heritable individual differences that give survival or reproductive advantages over other individuals . Many recent books about the human mind's evolution have offered radical new ideas about how evolution works , but have described the ...
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... heritable traits will die with it , and it will leave no hereditary trace in the next generation . As far as evolution is concerned , the animal may as well have died in infancy . Survival without reproduction means evolutionary ...
... heritable traits will die with it , and it will leave no hereditary trace in the next generation . As far as evolution is concerned , the animal may as well have died in infancy . Survival without reproduction means evolutionary ...
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... Heritable differences in reproduction ability were as important in evolution as heritable differences in survival ability . However , whereas natural and artificial selection can apply equally well to mushrooms , lemon trees , and ...
... Heritable differences in reproduction ability were as important in evolution as heritable differences in survival ability . However , whereas natural and artificial selection can apply equally well to mushrooms , lemon trees , and ...
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... heritable variations ) . He was also confident that other biologists would continue his work on natural selection . So Darwin turned to the really hard problem : how the mysteries of mind and matter interact over the depths of ...
... heritable variations ) . He was also confident that other biologists would continue his work on natural selection . So Darwin turned to the really hard problem : how the mysteries of mind and matter interact over the depths of ...
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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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