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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... language. Some primate researchers have suggested that human creative intelligence evolved as nothing more than a way to invent Machiavellian tricks to deceive and manipulate others. Human morality has been reduced to a tit-fortat ...
... language. Some primate researchers have suggested that human creative intelligence evolved as nothing more than a way to invent Machiavellian tricks to deceive and manipulate others. Human morality has been reduced to a tit-fortat ...
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... language evolved to be much more elaborate than necessary for basic survival functions . From a pragmatic biological viewpoint , art and music seem like pointless wastes of energy . Human morality and humor seem irrelevant to the ...
... language evolved to be much more elaborate than necessary for basic survival functions . From a pragmatic biological viewpoint , art and music seem like pointless wastes of energy . Human morality and humor seem irrelevant to the ...
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... language . Some primate researchers have suggested that human creative intelligence evolved as nothing more than a way to invent Machiavellian tricks to deceive and manipulate others . Human morality has been reduced to a tit - fortat ...
... language . Some primate researchers have suggested that human creative intelligence evolved as nothing more than a way to invent Machiavellian tricks to deceive and manipulate others . Human morality has been reduced to a tit - fortat ...
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... language had arrived , thought itself became subject to sexual selection . Through language , and other new forms of expression such as art and music , our ancestors could act more like psychologists - in addition to acting like beauty ...
... language had arrived , thought itself became subject to sexual selection . Through language , and other new forms of expression such as art and music , our ancestors could act more like psychologists - in addition to acting like beauty ...
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... language , especially gossip , as an extension of primate grooming behavior . Many researchers have suggested that acquiring our ability to attribute beliefs and desires to others , which they call our " Theory of Mind , " was a key ...
... language , especially gossip , as an extension of primate grooming behavior . Many researchers have suggested that acquiring our ability to attribute beliefs and desires to others , which they call our " Theory of Mind , " was a key ...
Índice
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Darwins Prodigy | 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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