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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... received another publicity boost when Richard Dawkins gave it a sympathetic exposition in his 1976 bestseller The Selfish Gene . By the mid - 1980s , biologists were seriously assessing the fitness indicator idea . The basic intuition ...
... received another publicity boost when Richard Dawkins gave it a sympathetic exposition in his 1976 bestseller The Selfish Gene . By the mid - 1980s , biologists were seriously assessing the fitness indicator idea . The basic intuition ...
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... receiving benefits ; each act has costs to the giver and benefits to the receiver ; and giving is contingent on having received . As long as these three conditions hold , animals can trade benefits back and forth . Each act taken out of ...
... receiving benefits ; each act has costs to the giver and benefits to the receiver ; and giving is contingent on having received . As long as these three conditions hold , animals can trade benefits back and forth . Each act taken out of ...
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... received , they might well feel that it was fair to give back only what had been given to them , and not be asked in addition to meet the high overhead costs incurred by the giver . Yet many contributors show an odd lack of interest in ...
... received , they might well feel that it was fair to give back only what had been given to them , and not be asked in addition to meet the high overhead costs incurred by the giver . Yet many contributors show an odd lack of interest in ...
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