Darwin's unfinished symphony : how culture made the human mind / Kevin N. Laland.
Darwin's unfinished symphony : how culture made the human mind / Kevin N. Laland.
Darwin's unfinished symphony : how culture made the human mind / Kevin N. Laland.
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Princeton Princeton University Press, [2017]
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G 2018/0222
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Language
English
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Physical content
xii, 450 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Foundations of culture. Darwin's unfinished symphony ; Ubiquitous copying ; Why copy? ; A tale of two fishes ; The roots of creativity -- The evolution of the mind. The evolution of intelligence ; High fidelity ; Why we alone have language ; Gene-culture coevolution ; The dawn of civilization ; Foun...
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Publisher
Princeton Princeton University Press, [2017]
Place of Publication
New Jersey
Date Published
[2017]
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Summary
"Kevin Leland shows how the learned and socially transmitted activities of our ancestors shaped our intellects through accelerating cycles of evolutionary feedback. The truly unique characteristics of our species - such as our intelligence, language, teaching, and cooperation - are not adaptive responses to predators or disease, or other external c...
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Darwin's unfinished symphony : how culture made the human mind / Kevin N. Laland.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-441) and index.
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©2017
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G 2018/0222
Record Identifier
74VKVGRRl2K3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVGRRl2K3
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ISBN
0691151180
9780691151182
DDC
599.938
MMS ID
991024152318302626
