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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... reproductive success is evolution's bottom line , he overlooked the possible role of sexual selection in shaping conspicuous display behaviors such as art and music . He asked , for example , " If music confers no survival advantage ...
... reproductive success is evolution's bottom line , he overlooked the possible role of sexual selection in shaping conspicuous display behaviors such as art and music . He asked , for example , " If music confers no survival advantage ...
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... reproductive advantage . Basically , that's it . If you have two tools and one doesn't work , why not try the other ? Science has spent over a century trying to explain the mind's evolution through natural selection for survival ...
... reproductive advantage . Basically , that's it . If you have two tools and one doesn't work , why not try the other ? Science has spent over a century trying to explain the mind's evolution through natural selection for survival ...
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... reproductive benefits might account for these leftovers . This suggestion makes sexual selection sound like an ... reproductive benefits . When one biologist says " evolution through natural selection , " other biologists hear ...
... reproductive benefits might account for these leftovers . This suggestion makes sexual selection sound like an ... reproductive benefits . When one biologist says " evolution through natural selection , " other biologists hear ...
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... reproductive success , if the desired mates are willing . Other forms of social selection are important , but mostly because they change the social scenery behind sexual selection . Social selection is like the political tension between ...
... reproductive success , if the desired mates are willing . Other forms of social selection are important , but mostly because they change the social scenery behind sexual selection . Social selection is like the political tension between ...
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... reproductive . We get confused about the human mind's biological functions because of a historical accident called human history . The courtship ornaments that our species happened to evolve , such as language and creativity , happened ...
... reproductive . We get confused about the human mind's biological functions because of a historical accident called human history . The courtship ornaments that our species happened to evolve , such as language and creativity , happened ...
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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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