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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... shaped skulls pass back and forth a new kind of courtship signal , a communication system unlike anything else on the planet . A language . Instead of dancing around in physical space like normal animals , these primates use language to ...
... shaped skulls pass back and forth a new kind of courtship signal , a communication system unlike anything else on the planet . A language . Instead of dancing around in physical space like normal animals , these primates use language to ...
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... shaped human nature all took place in the Pleistocene . After the Pleistocene came the Holocene , occupying the last 10,000 years . The Holocene includes all of recorded history . During the Holocene , humans spread around the planet ...
... shaped human nature all took place in the Pleistocene . After the Pleistocene came the Holocene , occupying the last 10,000 years . The Holocene includes all of recorded history . During the Holocene , humans spread around the planet ...
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... shaped human nature , it shaped Afri- cans . When language , music , and art evolved , they evolved in Africans . Lighter skins evolved in some European and Asian populations long after the human mind evolved its present capacities ...
... shaped human nature , it shaped Afri- cans . When language , music , and art evolved , they evolved in Africans . Lighter skins evolved in some European and Asian populations long after the human mind evolved its present capacities ...
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