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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... modern human mind are often the best clues to its origin . Show Me the Genes From the 1980s , DNA evidence has become almost as important as fossil and archeological evidence in understanding human evolution . In the coming decades it ...
... modern human mind are often the best clues to its origin . Show Me the Genes From the 1980s , DNA evidence has become almost as important as fossil and archeological evidence in understanding human evolution . In the coming decades it ...
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... modern humans , and 55 differences compared with chimpanzees . This substantial difference between humans and Neanderthals suggests that our lineages split apart at least 600,000 years ago much earlier than previously thought . It also ...
... modern humans , and 55 differences compared with chimpanzees . This substantial difference between humans and Neanderthals suggests that our lineages split apart at least 600,000 years ago much earlier than previously thought . It also ...
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... modern humans have , then we could infer that those capacities evolved at least 600,000 years ago . Although behavior does not fossilize , some of the DNA underlying behavior does , and it can sometimes last long enough for us to ...
... modern humans have , then we could infer that those capacities evolved at least 600,000 years ago . Although behavior does not fossilize , some of the DNA underlying behavior does , and it can sometimes last long enough for us to ...
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... modern evolutionary theory is a castle built on sand , whereas modern psychology is the Rock of Gibraltar . I take the opposite view . Mostly , my sexual choice theory relies on conservative , well - established evolutionary principles ...
... modern evolutionary theory is a castle built on sand , whereas modern psychology is the Rock of Gibraltar . I take the opposite view . Mostly , my sexual choice theory relies on conservative , well - established evolutionary principles ...
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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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