In
a
sequence
of
bestsellers
,
including
The
Language
Instinct
and
How
the
Mind
Works
,
Pinker
has
argued
that
____________________
of
our
mental
,
social
and
emotional
lives
may
have
____________________
as
evolutionary
adaptations
,
well
suited
to
the
lives
our
ancestors
____________________
out
on
the
Pleistocene
____________________
.
Sometimes
it
seems
as
if
nothing
is
____________________
from
being
explained
this
way
.
Road
rage
,
adultery
,
marriage
,
____________________
,
our
tendency
to
reward
senior
executives
with
____________________
offices
on
the
top
floor
,
and
the
small
number
of
women
who
become
mechanical
engineers
?
all
may
have
their
____________________
in
natural
selection
,
Pinker
claims
.
The
controversial
implications
are
obvious
:
that
men
and
women
might
____________________
in
their
____________________
abilities
at
performing
____________________
tasks
,
for
example
,
or
that
____________________
may
have
____________________
influence
on
personality
.
