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The Mating Mind How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature

Paperback • 2001 • English

The Mating Mind How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature

By Geoffrey Miller

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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 of huma...Show more

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9780099288244

Publisher

Vintage

Published year

2001

Language

English

Original title

The Mating Mind How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature

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Paperback

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