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A Brief History of the Mind : From Apes to Intellect and Beyond.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2005Copyright date: ©2005Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (240 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780199728510
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: A Brief History of the MindDDC classification:
  • 153
LOC classification:
  • QP376 .C358 2005
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Some Stage-setting Perspective -- 1 When Chimpanzees Think -- 2 Upright Posture but Ape-sized Brains -- 3 Triple Startups about 2.5 Million Years Ago -- 4 Homo erectus Ate Well -- 5 The Second Brain Boom -- 6 Neanderthals and Our Pre-sapiens Ancestors -- 7 Homo sapiens without the Modern Mind -- 8 Structured Thought Finally Appears -- 9 From Africa to Everywhere -- 10 How Creativity Manages the Mixups -- 11 Civilizing Ourselves -- 12 What's Sudden About the Mind's Big Bang? -- 13 Imagining the House of Cards -- 14 The Future of the Augmented Mind -- Afterword -- Recommended Reading -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Some Stage-setting Perspective -- 1 When Chimpanzees Think -- 2 Upright Posture but Ape-sized Brains -- 3 Triple Startups about 2.5 Million Years Ago -- 4 Homo erectus Ate Well -- 5 The Second Brain Boom -- 6 Neanderthals and Our Pre-sapiens Ancestors -- 7 Homo sapiens without the Modern Mind -- 8 Structured Thought Finally Appears -- 9 From Africa to Everywhere -- 10 How Creativity Manages the Mixups -- 11 Civilizing Ourselves -- 12 What's Sudden About the Mind's Big Bang? -- 13 Imagining the House of Cards -- 14 The Future of the Augmented Mind -- Afterword -- Recommended Reading -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

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