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The Lives of the Brain : Human Evolution and the Organ of Mind.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2009Copyright date: ©2009Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (351 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674053496
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Lives of the BrainDDC classification:
  • 612.8/2
LOC classification:
  • QP376
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Human Brain in Brief -- 3 Brain Size -- 4 The Functional Evolution of the Brain -- 5 The Plastic Brain -- 6 The Molecular Evolution of the Brain -- 7 The Evolution of Feeding Behavior -- 8 The Aging Brain -- 9 Language and Brain Evolution -- 10 Optimism and the Evolution of the Brain -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Summary: Though we have other distinguishing characteristics (bipedalism, relative hairlessness, etc.), the brain and the behavior it produces are what truly set us apart from the other apes and primates. How this three-pound organ composed of water, fat, and protein turned a mammal species into the dominant animal on earth is the story Allen tells.
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Intro -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Human Brain in Brief -- 3 Brain Size -- 4 The Functional Evolution of the Brain -- 5 The Plastic Brain -- 6 The Molecular Evolution of the Brain -- 7 The Evolution of Feeding Behavior -- 8 The Aging Brain -- 9 Language and Brain Evolution -- 10 Optimism and the Evolution of the Brain -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

Though we have other distinguishing characteristics (bipedalism, relative hairlessness, etc.), the brain and the behavior it produces are what truly set us apart from the other apes and primates. How this three-pound organ composed of water, fat, and protein turned a mammal species into the dominant animal on earth is the story Allen tells.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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