The Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human NatureKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 17 апр. 2001 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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... mutations from both parents , and may fail to develop at all , or may die in infancy . When they die , they take a large number of mutations with them into evolutionary oblivion . This effect is extremely important . By endowing the ...
... mutations from both parents , and may fail to develop at all , or may die in infancy . When they die , they take a large number of mutations with them into evolutionary oblivion . This effect is extremely important . By endowing the ...
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... mutation load . There is a close connection between mutations and fitness . If a species has been living in its present environment for many generations , its average genes are probably very well adapted to that environment . Because ...
... mutation load . There is a close connection between mutations and fitness . If a species has been living in its present environment for many generations , its average genes are probably very well adapted to that environment . Because ...
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... mutations are constantly arising and causing trouble . As we saw before , mutations almost always lower fitness . The more mutations an individual carries , the lower its expected fitness . To avoid mutational meltdown and extinction ...
... mutations are constantly arising and causing trouble . As we saw before , mutations almost always lower fitness . The more mutations an individual carries , the lower its expected fitness . To avoid mutational meltdown and extinction ...
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