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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... mate choice behavior are best carried out by mobile animals with eyes , ears , and nervous systems . The mate choice ... male animals are almost always more heavily ornamented than females . He also noticed that most of the differences ...
... mate choice behavior are best carried out by mobile animals with eyes , ears , and nervous systems . The mate choice ... male animals are almost always more heavily ornamented than females . He also noticed that most of the differences ...
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... female choice , interested him far more than male contests of strength . The hypothesis of female choice was , Darwin knew , among his most daring and unanticipated . The theory of sexual selection was an intellectual bolt from the blue ...
... female choice , interested him far more than male contests of strength . The hypothesis of female choice was , Darwin knew , among his most daring and unanticipated . The theory of sexual selection was an intellectual bolt from the blue ...
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... male ornaments in courtship to attract females , that it seems incredible that Darwin's peers doubted the power of female choice . The main biological questions after Darwin should have been , " Why does mate choice evolve , why are ...
... male ornaments in courtship to attract females , that it seems incredible that Darwin's peers doubted the power of female choice . The main biological questions after Darwin should have been , " Why does mate choice evolve , why are ...
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... male bittern esophagus used to produce their gulpy belches has evolved to thicken every spring just in time for courtship . Darwin the Radical Psychologist Sexual selection was a revolutionary idea in several respects . First , it was a ...
... male bittern esophagus used to produce their gulpy belches has evolved to thicken every spring just in time for courtship . Darwin the Radical Psychologist Sexual selection was a revolutionary idea in several respects . First , it was a ...
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... male ornaments to be proper adaptations that evolved for some real purpose ... mate choice because skin is usually opaque . He argued that organs have a ... mating season , which he thought explains why their ornaments grow more colorful ...
... male ornaments to be proper adaptations that evolved for some real purpose ... mate choice because skin is usually opaque . He argued that organs have a ... mating season , which he thought explains why their ornaments grow more colorful ...
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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