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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... birds . Every spring , they sing to attract sexual partners . Their intricate songs evolved for courtship . Could some of our puzzling human abilities have evolved for the same function ? A Mind for Courtship This book proposes that our ...
... birds . Every spring , they sing to attract sexual partners . Their intricate songs evolved for courtship . Could some of our puzzling human abilities have evolved for the same function ? A Mind for Courtship This book proposes that our ...
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... birds with intricate songs , and pheasants with stately colors , but nothing prepared the young naturalist for the richly ornamented flora and fauna of the tropics : iridescent humming birds visiting outlandish flowers ; beetles with ...
... birds with intricate songs , and pheasants with stately colors , but nothing prepared the young naturalist for the richly ornamented flora and fauna of the tropics : iridescent humming birds visiting outlandish flowers ; beetles with ...
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... birds to make them look unusual and attractive . In The Origin he argued that " if man can in a short time give beauty and an elegant carriage to his bantams , according to his standard of beauty , I can see no good reason to doubt that ...
... birds to make them look unusual and attractive . In The Origin he argued that " if man can in a short time give beauty and an elegant carriage to his bantams , according to his standard of beauty , I can see no good reason to doubt that ...
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... birds according to our aesthetic tastes , why shouldn't these animals be able to breed themselves according to their own sexual tastes ? Biology students now are usually taught that sexual selection is a subset of natural selection ...
... birds according to our aesthetic tastes , why shouldn't these animals be able to breed themselves according to their own sexual tastes ? Biology students now are usually taught that sexual selection is a subset of natural selection ...
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... birds by selecting the individuals which appear to him the most beautiful , so the habitual or even occasional preference by the female of the more attractive males would almost certainly lead to their modification ; and such ...
... birds by selecting the individuals which appear to him the most beautiful , so the habitual or even occasional preference by the female of the more attractive males would almost certainly lead to their modification ; and such ...
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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 |
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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