The Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human NatureKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 17 abr 2001 - 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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... penises , and females do not have to grow clitorises . Male frogs and birds do not have penises . Genitalia are products of sexual choice , not requirements for sexual repro- duction . The traditional distinction between " primary ...
... penises , and females do not have to grow clitorises . Male frogs and birds do not have penises . Genitalia are products of sexual choice , not requirements for sexual repro- duction . The traditional distinction between " primary ...
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... penises around five feet long . Boars have 18 - inch penises that ejaculate a pint of semen . Hermaphroditic snails have penises about as long as their entire bodies . Stallions , like men , use blood rather than muscular contraction to ...
... penises around five feet long . Boars have 18 - inch penises that ejaculate a pint of semen . Hermaphroditic snails have penises about as long as their entire bodies . Stallions , like men , use blood rather than muscular contraction to ...
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... ( penis bone ) also reveals female choice for tactile stimulation . Since male human penises become erect with blood rather than muscle and bone , this gives them more flexibility , and permits a greater range of copulatory positions ...
... ( penis bone ) also reveals female choice for tactile stimulation . Since male human penises become erect with blood rather than muscle and bone , this gives them more flexibility , and permits a greater range of copulatory positions ...
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Darwins Prodigy | 33 |
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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 Miller Vista previa restringida - 2011 |
The Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature Geoffrey F. Miller Vista de fragmentos - 2000 |
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ability adaptations advertise aesthetic altruism ancestors animals apes beauty benefits biological biologists birds body bowerbirds breasts Buss capacities chimpanzees choosy cognitive color copulation costly costs courtship courtship behavior courtship displays courtship effort cultural Darwin David Buss Dawkins equilibrium evolutionary psychology evolved through sexual explain favor female choice Fisher fitness indicators function genes genetic handaxes handicap principle heritable hominid human evolution human mental human mind human sexual idea individuals innovations language mate choice modern mutations natural selection neoteny offspring penis penises Pinker Pleistocene predators predict primates produce proteanism random reciprocity reproductive Richard Dawkins runaway brain runaway process runaway sexual selection selection pressures sensory bias sex differences sexual choice sexual ornaments sexual partners sexual preferences sexual reproduction sexual selection sexual selection theory sexually attractive signals social species sperm status strategy survival tails Thornhill traits University Press unpredictable verbal courtship vocabulary women Zahavi
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Not By Genes Alone: How Culture Transformed Human Evolution Peter J. Richerson,Robert Boyd Vista previa restringida - 2008 |
Cognition and Emotion: From Order to Disorder Michael J. Power,Tim Dalgleish No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 2008 |