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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... partners , or higher - quality partners . The result was that wits became quicker and spirits more generous . Of course , sexual selection through mate choice cannot favor what its agents ... sexual choice can make sexual 10 THE MATING MIND.
... partners , or higher - quality partners . The result was that wits became quicker and spirits more generous . Of course , sexual selection through mate choice cannot favor what its agents ... sexual choice can make sexual 10 THE MATING MIND.
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How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature Geoffrey Miller. generations , and they will probably end up looking very different . Take two initially indistinguishable populations of toucans , let them choose their sexual partners ...
How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature Geoffrey Miller. generations , and they will probably end up looking very different . Take two initially indistinguishable populations of toucans , let them choose their sexual partners ...
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How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature Geoffrey Miller ... partners . As we shall see , the same reasoning may explain why people show ... sexual when we're using them . Sexual selection is a 14 THE MATING MIND.
How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature Geoffrey Miller ... partners . As we shall see , the same reasoning may explain why people show ... sexual when we're using them . Sexual selection is a 14 THE MATING MIND.
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... 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 our instincts for art ...
... 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 our instincts for art ...
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... sexual choice . But most experimental psychology views the human mind exclusively as a computer that learns to solve problems , not as an entertainment system that evolved to attract sexual partners . Also , psychology experiments ...
... sexual choice . But most experimental psychology views the human mind exclusively as a computer that learns to solve problems , not as an entertainment system that evolved to attract sexual partners . Also , psychology experiments ...
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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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