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The Mating Mind
How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature
Book • 2000
In 'The Mating Mind,' Geoffrey Miller proposes that the human mind evolved not just as a survival machine but as a courtship machine.
He argues that many of the distinctive human traits, such as language, art, music, and morality, were developed as fitness indicators and sexual attractors.
Miller draws on Darwin's theory of sexual selection and integrates ideas from psychology, economics, history, and pop culture to explain how these traits were shaped by the sexual choices of our ancestors.
The book suggests that once language evolved, thought itself became subject to sexual selection, and that human courtship is a primary driving force behind human evolution.
He argues that many of the distinctive human traits, such as language, art, music, and morality, were developed as fitness indicators and sexual attractors.
Miller draws on Darwin's theory of sexual selection and integrates ideas from psychology, economics, history, and pop culture to explain how these traits were shaped by the sexual choices of our ancestors.
The book suggests that once language evolved, thought itself became subject to sexual selection, and that human courtship is a primary driving force behind human evolution.
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Rory Sutherland as a game-changing book on evolutionary psychology and sexual selection.
Rory Sutherland as a game-changing book on evolutionary psychology and sexual selection.
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Rory Sutherland: The Psychology of Advertising
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Matt Ridley as a book that argues that the human brain exploded in size because of sexual selection.
Matt Ridley as a book that argues that the human brain exploded in size because of sexual selection.
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Net Zero Must Go - Matt Ridley
Mentioned by Matt Ridley as an evolutionary biologist who proposed a theory about the evolution of the human mind.
Matt Ridley as an evolutionary biologist who proposed a theory about the evolution of the human mind.
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Ideas Having Sex: How Money & Language Evolve Civilization w/ Matt Ridley (WiM574)
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Paul Bloom in relation to the concept of sexual selection and its role in human evolution.
Paul Bloom in relation to the concept of sexual selection and its role in human evolution.
Mysteries of the mind
Mentioned by David Lundberg-Kenrick as a book discussing the mating mind.
#515 - David & Douglas Kenrick - Evolved Psychology Vs The Modern World
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Scott Barry Kaufman in relation to his hypothesis about creativity and sexual selection.
Scott Barry Kaufman in relation to his hypothesis about creativity and sexual selection.
177. Intimations of Creativity | Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman
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Scott Galloway as the guest of the podcast and author of several books on evolutionary psychology.
Scott Galloway as the guest of the podcast and author of several books on evolutionary psychology.
Bring Forgiveness
Mentioned by Gad Saad, referencing a study on strippers' tips and ovulatory cycles.
Hacking Happiness: How to Leverage Evolutionary Biology to Live the Good Life - Dr. Gad Saad : 1091
