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. |
Результаты поиска по книге
Стр. 3
... produce offspring . Those proto - humans that did not attract sexual interest did not become our ancestors , no matter how good they were at surviving . Darwin realized this , and argued that evolution is driven not just by natural ...
... produce offspring . Those proto - humans that did not attract sexual interest did not become our ancestors , no matter how good they were at surviving . Darwin realized this , and argued that evolution is driven not just by natural ...
Стр. 8
... selection for survival and selection for attracting sexual partners are distinct processes that tend to produce quite different kinds of biological traits . Terms should be the servants of theories , not the masters 8 THE MATING MIND.
... selection for survival and selection for attracting sexual partners are distinct processes that tend to produce quite different kinds of biological traits . Terms should be the servants of theories , not the masters 8 THE MATING MIND.
Стр. 14
... produce them at all . For art to qualify as an evolved human adaptation , not everyone has to produce art , and not everyone has to show the same artistic ability . On the contrary , if artistic ability were uniform and universal , our ...
... produce them at all . For art to qualify as an evolved human adaptation , not everyone has to produce art , and not everyone has to show the same artistic ability . On the contrary , if artistic ability were uniform and universal , our ...
Стр. 21
... produce incredible things such as Greek mathematics , Buddhist wisdom , British evolutionary biology , and Californian computer games . These achievements are not side - effects of having big brains that can learn everything , but of ...
... produce incredible things such as Greek mathematics , Buddhist wisdom , British evolutionary biology , and Californian computer games . These achievements are not side - effects of having big brains that can learn everything , but of ...
Стр. 25
... produced it , and see whether the adaptation has special features consistent with that function and those origins ... produce , and the role those proteins play in brain development and brain functioning . ( Of course there is no ...
... produced it , and see whether the adaptation has special features consistent with that function and those origins ... produce , and the role those proteins play in brain development and brain functioning . ( Of course there is no ...
Содержание
1 | |
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 |
Другие издания - Просмотреть все
The Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature Geoffrey Miller Ограниченный просмотр - 2001 |
The Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature Geoffrey F. Miller Просмотр фрагмента - 2000 |
The Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature Geoffrey Miller Просмотр фрагмента - 2001 |
Часто встречающиеся слова и выражения
ability adaptations advertise aesthetic ancestors animals apparent attractive beauty become behavior benefits better biological biologists body brain called capacities competition consider costs courtship creativity cultural Darwin developed differences display effects energy evidence evolution evolutionary evolved example explain favor female fitness indicators function genes genetic give happen heritable hominid human human evolution idea important individuals intelligence interest kindness language living look male mate choice means mental mind moral mutations natural selection offspring origins parents Perhaps physical play pleasure Pleistocene possible predict preferences primates principle probably problem produce psychology reason reciprocity relationships relatives reproductive runaway seems sense sensory sex differences sexual choice sexual ornaments sexual partners sexual reproduction sexual selection shaped signals social species status strategy suggests tails tend theory traits understand University usually verbal women