The mating mind : how sexual choice shaped the evolution of human nature /
"At once a pioneering study of evolution and an accessible and lively read, The Mating Mind offers the most convincing -- and radical -- explanation to date for how and why the human mind evolved. Traditionally, evolutionary theory has explained intelligence as merely a by-product of surplus br...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Anchor Books,
2001, ©2000.
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| Edition: | 1st Anchor books ed. |
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| Summary: | "At once a pioneering study of evolution and an accessible and lively read, The Mating Mind offers the most convincing -- and radical -- explanation to date for how and why the human mind evolved. Traditionally, evolutionary theory has explained intelligence as merely a by-product of surplus brain size. But psychologist Geoffrey Miller argues that it actively evolved, like the peacock's tail, for courtship and mating, and thereby shaped human nature."--Page 4 of cover |
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| Item Description: | Originally published: New York : Doubleday, ©2000. |
| Physical Description: | 514 pages ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 467-489) and index. |
| ISBN: | 038549517X 9780385495172 0385495161 9780385495165 |