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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... ability to form and maintain social alliances leads to easier foraging , better protection against predators , and better sexual access to desired mates . This in turn may lead to higher reproductive success , if the desired mates are ...
... ability to form and maintain social alliances leads to easier foraging , better protection against predators , and better sexual access to desired mates . This in turn may lead to higher reproductive success , if the desired mates are ...
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... ability were uniform and universal , our ancestors could not have used it as a criterion for picking sexual partners ... abilities , and moral behavior . While sexually selected adaptations can be distinguished from survival adaptations ...
... ability were uniform and universal , our ancestors could not have used it as a criterion for picking sexual partners ... abilities , and moral behavior . While sexually selected adaptations can be distinguished from survival adaptations ...
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... ability evolved to attract sexual partners , I am not claiming that there is some sort of Freudian sex drive at work behind the scenes . Peacock tails do not need a sexual subconscious in order to be sexually attractive , and neither do ...
... ability evolved to attract sexual partners , I am not claiming that there is some sort of Freudian sex drive at work behind the scenes . Peacock tails do not need a sexual subconscious in order to be sexually attractive , and neither do ...
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... abilities are unique to our species , but evolution is opportunistic and even - handed . It doesn't discriminate between species . If our unique abilities must be explained through some survival benefit , we can always ask why evolution ...
... abilities are unique to our species , but evolution is opportunistic and even - handed . It doesn't discriminate between species . If our unique abilities must be explained through some survival benefit , we can always ask why evolution ...
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... ability , more interesting thoughts , and more attractive feelings would spread because they were favored by sexual choice . Evolution found a way to act directly on the mental sophistication of this primate species , not through some ...
... ability , more interesting thoughts , and more attractive feelings would spread because they were favored by sexual choice . Evolution found a way to act directly on the mental sophistication of this primate species , not through some ...
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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 |
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