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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... sexual choice theory sometimes sounds as if it could explain anything , and ... selection , and many of these methods including a range of new genetic ... Theory of Human Mental Evolution Any theory of human mental evolution should , I ...
... sexual choice theory sometimes sounds as if it could explain anything , and ... selection , and many of these methods including a range of new genetic ... Theory of Human Mental Evolution Any theory of human mental evolution should , I ...
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... theory , primatology , archeology , cognitive science , game theory , and behavior genetics . I also borrow a number ... sexual selection theory in evolutionary psychology , but there are countless other ways . There is no pretense here ...
... theory , primatology , archeology , cognitive science , game theory , and behavior genetics . I also borrow a number ... sexual selection theory in evolutionary psychology , but there are countless other ways . There is no pretense here ...
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... sexual selection has a peculiar history that embodies the best and the worst of science . The best , because it ... theory that explains diverse , previously baffling facts . Despite presenting the theory in a lucid , engaging best ...
... sexual selection has a peculiar history that embodies the best and the worst of science . The best , because it ... theory that explains diverse , previously baffling facts . Despite presenting the theory in a lucid , engaging best ...
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... sexual selection theory , we may better understand aspects of human nature that were overlooked for most of the 20th century . Ornaments of Gold As a child , Charles Darwin was fascinated by nature . He collected beetles avidly , and ...
... sexual selection theory , we may better understand aspects of human nature that were overlooked for most of the 20th century . Ornaments of Gold As a child , Charles Darwin was fascinated by nature . He collected beetles avidly , and ...
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How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature Geoffrey Miller. Science by Stealth Darwin cured his peacock - nausea by developing the theory of sexual selection . We do not know exactly when or how he developed it , because ...
How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature Geoffrey Miller. Science by Stealth Darwin cured his peacock - nausea by developing the theory of sexual selection . We do not know exactly when or how he developed it , because ...
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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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