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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... Bodies of Evidence 8 Arts of Seduction 9 Virtues of Good Breeding 10 Cyrano and Scheherazade 1 1 The Wit to W00 Epilogue Acknowledgments Glossary Notes Bibliography Index l 33 68 99 1 38 l 77 224 258 292 3-l I 392 426 43-l 436 4+7 467 ...
... Bodies of Evidence 8 Arts of Seduction 9 Virtues of Good Breeding 10 Cyrano and Scheherazade 1 1 The Wit to W00 Epilogue Acknowledgments Glossary Notes Bibliography Index l 33 68 99 1 38 l 77 224 258 292 3-l I 392 426 43-l 436 4+7 467 ...
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... body to mind. This book argues that we were neither created by an omniscient deity, nor did we evolve by blind, dumb natural selection. Rather, our evolution was shaped by beings intermediate in intelligence: our own ancestors, choosing ...
... body to mind. This book argues that we were neither created by an omniscient deity, nor did we evolve by blind, dumb natural selection. Rather, our evolution was shaped by beings intermediate in intelligence: our own ancestors, choosing ...
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... body of the first person you ever fell in love with, and the last person. and everyone in between. A theory that can't give a satisfying account of your own mind, and the minds you've loved, will never be accepted as providing a ...
... body of the first person you ever fell in love with, and the last person. and everyone in between. A theory that can't give a satisfying account of your own mind, and the minds you've loved, will never be accepted as providing a ...
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... body, but not the human mind. In the 20th century, a unique scientific fascination with human psychology coexisted with an unprecedented baffiement about its origins. By considering the 19th-century origins of sexual selection theory ...
... body, but not the human mind. In the 20th century, a unique scientific fascination with human psychology coexisted with an unprecedented baffiement about its origins. By considering the 19th-century origins of sexual selection theory ...
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... bodies of sexual rivals and potential mates, rather than the mindless pressures of a physical habitat or a biological niche. Psychology haunts biology with the specter of half-conscious mate choice shaping the otherwise blind course of ...
... bodies of sexual rivals and potential mates, rather than the mindless pressures of a physical habitat or a biological niche. Psychology haunts biology with the specter of half-conscious mate choice shaping the otherwise blind course of ...
Índice
1 | |
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 |
Cyrano and Scheherazade 34 | 341 |
The Wit to Woo | 392 |
Epilogue | 426 |
Acknowledgments | 434 |
Glossary | 436 |
Notes | 447 |
Bibliography | 467 |
Index | 491 |
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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