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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... bird's plumage , but he was confident that generations of female choice could account for it : The case of the male Argus is eminently interesting , because it affords good evidence that the most refined beauty may serve as a charm for ...
... bird's plumage , but he was confident that generations of female choice could account for it : The case of the male Argus is eminently interesting , because it affords good evidence that the most refined beauty may serve as a charm for ...
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... birds choose where to build nests , and that apes choose where to look for food . Are such decisions " conscious " ? It doesn't much matter whether we call animal decision - making conscious ; what matters is the evolutionary effects of ...
... birds choose where to build nests , and that apes choose where to look for food . Are such decisions " conscious " ? It doesn't much matter whether we call animal decision - making conscious ; what matters is the evolutionary effects of ...
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... birds , so we can appreciate the colors and forms of bird plumage . But , as Darwin pointed out , our noses may be insensitive to the appealing scents that have been sexually selected in other mammals . We mistakenly perceive most ...
... birds , so we can appreciate the colors and forms of bird plumage . But , as Darwin pointed out , our noses may be insensitive to the appealing scents that have been sexually selected in other mammals . We mistakenly perceive most ...
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... birds of paradise and the peacock ... have been developed to so great an extent [ because ] there is a surplus of strength , vitality , and growth - power which is able to expend itself in this way without injury . " Males become even ...
... birds of paradise and the peacock ... have been developed to so great an extent [ because ] there is a surplus of strength , vitality , and growth - power which is able to expend itself in this way without injury . " Males become even ...
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... birds that brood in open nests have usually evolved dull camouflage , whereas those that brood in enclosed nests tend to have colors as bright as the males of the species . In Wallace's view , this implied that sexual courtship by males ...
... birds that brood in open nests have usually evolved dull camouflage , whereas those that brood in enclosed nests tend to have colors as bright as the males of the species . In Wallace's view , this implied that sexual courtship by males ...
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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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