The Mating Mind - by Geoffrey Miller (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A noted psychologist offers an explanation for how and why the human mind evolved, and bases his argument on Darwin's theory of sexual selection. He draws on ideas and research from a wide range of fields, including psychology, economics, history, and pop culture.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>At once a pioneering study of evolution and an accessible and lively reading experience, <i>The Mating Mind</i> marks the arrival of a prescient and provocative new science writer. Psychologist Geoffrey Miller offers the most convincing-and radical-explanation for how and why the human mind evolved. <p/> 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 <i>sexual </i>selection, which until now has played second fiddle to Darwin' s theory of <i>natural </i>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, <i>The Mating Mind</i> is a landmark in our understanding of our own species.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>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.<P>Certain traits are attractive because they indicate the overall fitness of a potential mate. Miller maintains that both human sexes have evolved many significant ways of displaying fitness via expressions of creative intelligence such as storytelling, poetry, art, music, sports, dance, humor, kindness, and leadership. In support of this provocative thesis, he has gathered evidence from psychology, economics, history, pop culture, and Darwin's theory of sexual selection to present an utterly original synthesis of research.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Quite ingenious stuff.... This is a welcome change from a lot of evolutionary psychology."-<i>The New York Times Book Review</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Geoffrey F. Miller is senior research fellow at the Centre for Economic Learning and Social Evolution at University College, London. Born in 1965 in Cincinnati, he studied at Columbia University and received a Ph.D. in cognitive psychology from Stanford University. After moving to Europe, he worked at the Universities of Sussex and Nottingham and at the Max Planck Institute of Psychological Research in Munich. He lives in Surrey with his family.
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