The Mating Mind
How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature
$41.05
- Paperback
544 pages
- Release Date
1 June 2001
Summary
An intelligently provocative book about Darwin’s ‘other’ theory discusses the curious ways in which sexual attraction has influenced the evolution of the human mind.
Many aspects of the human mind remain mysterious. While Darwinian natural selection can explain the evolution of most life on earth, it has never seemed fully adequate to explain the aspects of our minds that seem most uniquely and profoundly human - art, morality, consciousness, creativity and language. Yet these aspects…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099288244 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0099288249 |
| Author: | Geoffrey Miller |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 544 |
| Release Date: | 1 June 2001 |
| Weight: | 379g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 131mm x 33mm |
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Critics Review
Intriguing… The discussion of the mind as a mechanism of attracting mates is fascinating
“Intriguing… The discussion of the mind as a mechanism of attracting mates is fascinating” Washington Post Book World “A refined, an intellectually ingenious, and a very civilised discussion of the possible importance of sexual selection for mental evolution” – John Constable, Cambridge University Psychology, Evolution, and Gender “Entertaining and wide-ranging” Nerve “Flies in the face of evolutionary orthodoxy - proposed by Stephen Jay Gould and others - which suggests that cultures evolve on their own, separate from the evolution of the human mind” Observer “Thoughtful, witty and vividly written” – Richard Dawkins
About The Author
Geoffrey Miller
Geoffrey Miller studied at Columbia, Stanford, Sussex and Munich Universities and until recently was at University College, London. He now teaches at the University of New Mexico.
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