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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... percent believe that natural selection, alone and unguided, can account for the human mind's astounding abilities. Most think that the mind's evolution must have been guided by some intelligent force, some active designer. Even in more ...
... percent believe that natural selection, alone and unguided, can account for the human mind's astounding abilities. Most think that the mind's evolution must have been guided by some intelligent force, some active designer. Even in more ...
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... percent believe that natural selection , alone and unguided , can account for the human mind's astounding abilities . Most think that the mind's evolution must have been guided by some intelligent force , some active designer . Even in ...
... percent believe that natural selection , alone and unguided , can account for the human mind's astounding abilities . Most think that the mind's evolution must have been guided by some intelligent force , some active designer . Even in ...
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... percent of animal species thrive with brains much smaller than a chimpanzee's . Far from showing any general trend towards big - brained hyper - intelligence , evolution seems to abhor our sort of intelligence , and avoids it whenever ...
... percent of animal species thrive with brains much smaller than a chimpanzee's . Far from showing any general trend towards big - brained hyper - intelligence , evolution seems to abhor our sort of intelligence , and avoids it whenever ...
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... percent of Americans now accept the fossil evidence for human evolution . But evidence supporting the fact of human evolution is not always the best evidence for the mechanism of human evolution . A more fruitful place to start ...
... percent of Americans now accept the fossil evidence for human evolution . But evidence supporting the fact of human evolution is not always the best evidence for the mechanism of human evolution . A more fruitful place to start ...
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... percent similar to that of chimpanzees ( compared to only 93 percent with most monkeys ) . However , this method is fairly crude , and we will not know exactly which of our genes are unique until the results of the Chimpanzee Genome ...
... percent similar to that of chimpanzees ( compared to only 93 percent with most monkeys ) . However , this method is fairly crude , and we will not know exactly which of our genes are unique until the results of the Chimpanzee Genome ...
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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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