The Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human NatureKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 21 dic 2011 - 528 páginas 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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... animals ? Certainly , evolutionary psychology is concerned with sex . Researchers such as David Buss and Randy Thornhill have gathered impressive evidence that we have evolved sexual preferences that favor pretty faces , fertile bodies ...
... animals ? Certainly , evolutionary psychology is concerned with sex . Researchers such as David Buss and Randy Thornhill have gathered impressive evidence that we have evolved sexual preferences that favor pretty faces , fertile bodies ...
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... animals often have very strong interests in acting as efficient agents of sexual selection . The genetic quality of an animal's sexual partner determines , on average , half the genetic quality of their offspring . ( Most animals ...
... animals often have very strong interests in acting as efficient agents of sexual selection . The genetic quality of an animal's sexual partner determines , on average , half the genetic quality of their offspring . ( Most animals ...
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... animals cannot see the shapes of one another's heart ventricles , then heart ventricles cannot be directly shaped by sexual selection - vivisection is not a practical method for choosing a sexual partner . A major theme of this book is ...
... animals cannot see the shapes of one another's heart ventricles , then heart ventricles cannot be directly shaped by sexual selection - vivisection is not a practical method for choosing a sexual partner . A major theme of this book is ...
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... Animals compete socially to acquire the food , territory , alliances , and status that lead to reproduction . Sexual selection is the most direct form of social selection because mate choice directly favors some traits over others , and ...
... Animals compete socially to acquire the food , territory , alliances , and status that lead to reproduction . Sexual selection is the most direct form of social selection because mate choice directly favors some traits over others , and ...
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... animals choose their mates . But this has been a secret renaissance , hidden from most areas of psychology and the humanities , and largely unrecognized by the general public . Prudery has also marginalized sexual selection which is ...
... animals choose their mates . But this has been a secret renaissance , hidden from most areas of psychology and the humanities , and largely unrecognized by the general public . Prudery has also marginalized sexual selection which is ...
Índice
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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 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todo
The Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature Geoffrey Miller Vista previa restringida - 2001 |
The Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature Geoffrey F. Miller Vista de fragmentos - 2000 |
The Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature Geoffrey Miller Vista de fragmentos - 2001 |
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