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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... unpredictable . This makes it a good candidate for explaining any adaptation that is highly developed in one species but not in other closely related species that share a similar environment . What Makes Sexual Selection So Special ? In ...
... unpredictable . This makes it a good candidate for explaining any adaptation that is highly developed in one species but not in other closely related species that share a similar environment . What Makes Sexual Selection So Special ? In ...
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... sensitive that their outcome is unpredictable . For example , take two apparently identical populations , let them undergo sexual selection for many generations , and they will probably end up looking very CENTRAL PARK 11.
... sensitive that their outcome is unpredictable . For example , take two apparently identical populations , let them undergo sexual selection for many generations , and they will probably end up looking very CENTRAL PARK 11.
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... unpredictable , diversifying process . It takes species that make their livings in nearly identical ways and gives them radically different sexual ornaments . It never happens the same way twice . It drives divergent rather than ...
... unpredictable , diversifying process . It takes species that make their livings in nearly identical ways and gives them radically different sexual ornaments . It never happens the same way twice . It drives divergent rather than ...
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Darwins Prodigy | 33 |
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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