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The mating mind : how sexual choice shaped the evolution of human nature

by Geoffrey Miller

This study explores how human traits such as consciousness, morality, and creativity evolved as sexual attractors through sexual selection. Drawing on psychology, economics, and history, it analyses the development of the human mind through a Darwinian lens.

Accession 5459 ISBN 9780385495172 Publisher Anchor Books (Publisher)
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