The lives of the brain : human evolution and the organ of mind / John S. Allen.
The lives of the brain : human evolution and the organ of mind / John S. Allen.
The lives of the brain : human evolution and the organ of mind / John S. Allen.
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Publisher
Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009.
Date
2009.
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N612.82/106
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English
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Physical content
x, 338 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
Introduction -- The human brain in brief -- Brain size -- The functional evolution of the brain -- The plastic brain -- The molecular evolution of the brain -- The evolution of feeding behavior -- The aging brain -- Language and brain evolution -- Optimism and the evolution of the brain....
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Publisher
Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2009.
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- Brain--physiology
- Evolution
- Brain--growth & development
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Summary
Though we have other distinguishing characteristics (walking on two legs, for instance, and relative hairlessness), the brain and the behavior it produces are what truly set us apart from the other apes and primates. And how this three-pound organ composed of water, fat, and protein turned a mammal species into the dominant animal on earth today is...
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The lives of the brain : human evolution and the organ of mind / John S. Allen.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-326) and index.
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N612.82/106
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74VKmJJv8Lgg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKmJJv8Lgg
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0674035348 (alk. paper)
9780674035348 (alk. paper)
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612.82
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991020538159702626
