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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... sexual selection through mate choice seemed a neglected factor in human mental evolution . Through ten years of researching sexual selection and human evolution , since the beginning of my Ph.D. , it became clear to me that sexual selection ...
... sexual selection through mate choice seemed a neglected factor in human mental evolution . Through ten years of researching sexual selection and human evolution , since the beginning of my Ph.D. , it became clear to me that sexual selection ...
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How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature Geoffrey Miller. In fact , sexual selection ... theory suggests that the answer is right in front of us . These traits are ... sexual partners , or higher - quality partners . The result ...
How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature Geoffrey Miller. In fact , sexual selection ... theory suggests that the answer is right in front of us . These traits are ... sexual partners , or higher - quality partners . The result ...
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... sexual choice can make sexual selection sound almost too powerful . If sexual selection can act on any trait that we ... theory of general relativity . Darwin gave biology two equally potent theories : natural selection and sexual ...
... sexual choice can make sexual selection sound almost too powerful . If sexual selection can act on any trait that we ... theory of general relativity . Darwin gave biology two equally potent theories : natural selection and sexual ...
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How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature Geoffrey Miller. sexual when we're using them . Sexual selection is a theory of evolutionary function , not a theory of subconscious motivation . When I argue that a particular human ...
How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature Geoffrey Miller. sexual when we're using them . Sexual selection is a theory of evolutionary function , not a theory of subconscious motivation . When I argue that a particular human ...
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... sexual selection to students , talking about it with journalists , and ... theory suggests that our most cherished abilities were favored by the most ... sexual choice . My metaphors for explaining this theory will come more from ...
... sexual selection to students , talking about it with journalists , and ... theory suggests that our most cherished abilities were favored by the most ... sexual choice . My metaphors for explaining this theory will come more from ...
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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