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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... Darwin gave biology two equally potent theories: natural selection and sexual selection. In principle, his two theories explain the origins of all organic complexity, functionality, diversity, and beauty in the universe. Psychologists ...
... Darwin gave biology two equally potent theories: natural selection and sexual selection. In principle, his two theories explain the origins of all organic complexity, functionality, diversity, and beauty in the universe. Psychologists ...
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... Darwin and why it was revived only in the 1980s. The century of neglect is important to appreciate, because virtually all of 20th-century science has tried to explain human mental evolution using natural selection alone. Even now ...
... Darwin and why it was revived only in the 1980s. The century of neglect is important to appreciate, because virtually all of 20th-century science has tried to explain human mental evolution using natural selection alone. Even now ...
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... Darwin's thoughts on the human mind's evolution in The Descent qf Man are still useful because he did not overreact to the new discoveries of Neanderthal skulls and living gorillas that fascinated Victorian London. Classic selection ...
... Darwin's thoughts on the human mind's evolution in The Descent qf Man are still useful because he did not overreact to the new discoveries of Neanderthal skulls and living gorillas that fascinated Victorian London. Classic selection ...
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... is the story of how that gateway evolved new security systems, and how our minds evolved to charm our way past the ever more vigilant gatekeepers. 2 Darwin's Prodigy The idea of sexual selection has a 32 THE MATINC MIND.
... is the story of how that gateway evolved new security systems, and how our minds evolved to charm our way past the ever more vigilant gatekeepers. 2 Darwin's Prodigy The idea of sexual selection has a 32 THE MATINC MIND.
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... Darwin), working from his country home without any official academic position, proposes a bold theory that explains diverse, previously baffling facts. Despite presenting the theory in a lucid, engaging best-seller (The Descent Qf Man ...
... Darwin), working from his country home without any official academic position, proposes a bold theory that explains diverse, previously baffling facts. Despite presenting the theory in a lucid, engaging best-seller (The Descent Qf Man ...
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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 |
Cyrano and Scheherazade 34 | 341 |
The Wit to Woo | 392 |
Epilogue | 426 |
Acknowledgments | 434 |
Glossary | 436 |
Notes | 447 |
Bibliography | 467 |
Index | 491 |
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