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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... function , not a theory of subconscious motivation . When I argue that a particular human 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 ...
... function , not a theory of subconscious motivation . When I argue that a particular human 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 ...
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... functions because of a historical accident called human history . The courtship ornaments that our species happened to evolve , such as language and creativity , happened to yield some completely unanticipated survival benefits in the ...
... functions because of a historical accident called human history . The courtship ornaments that our species happened to evolve , such as language and creativity , happened to yield some completely unanticipated survival benefits in the ...
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... function of the adaptation and the selection pressures that produced it , and see whether the adaptation has special features consistent with that function and those origins . Paleontology makes useful contributions to such studies ...
... function of the adaptation and the selection pressures that produced it , and see whether the adaptation has special features consistent with that function and those origins . Paleontology makes useful contributions to such studies ...
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... functions . Finally , it may be possible to recover more DNA from our extinct fossil relatives . DNA decays fairly quickly , and it is very hard to recover DNA from fossils older than about 50,000 years ago ( Jurassic Park ...
... functions . Finally , it may be possible to recover more DNA from our extinct fossil relatives . DNA decays fairly quickly , and it is very hard to recover DNA from fossils older than about 50,000 years ago ( Jurassic Park ...
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... function that promotes survival or reproduction . This evolutionary criterion makes it much more important to ... functional features and specifying their fitness costs and benefits in a biological context . The emphasis is on what and ...
... function that promotes survival or reproduction . This evolutionary criterion makes it much more important to ... functional features and specifying their fitness costs and benefits in a biological context . The emphasis is on what and ...
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Darwins Prodigy | 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 |
Virtues of Good Breeding | 292 |
Cyrano and Scheherazade | 341 |
The Wit to Woo | 392 |
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