A brief history of the mind : from apes to intellect and beyond /
William H. Calvin.
- xx, 219 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-206) and index.
Some State-setting Perspective -- When Chimpanzees Think -- Upright Posture but Ape-sized Brains -- Triple Startups about 2.5 Million Years Ago -- Homo erectus Ate Well -- The Second Brain Boom -- Neanderthals and Our Pre-sapiens Ancestors -- Homo sapiens without the Modern Mind -- Structured Thought Finally Appears -- From Africa to Everywhere -- How Creativity Manages the Mixups -- Civilizing Ourselves -- What's Sudden About the Mind's Big Bang? -- Imaging the House of Cards -- The Future of the Augmented Mind. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.
0195159071 9780195159073
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Cognitive neuroscience. Evolutionary psychology Human evolution