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The lives of the brain human evolution and the organ of mind /

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...

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Hovedforfatter: Allen, John S. (John Scott), 1961-
Institution som forfatter: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronisk eBog
Sprog:engelsk
Udgivet: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009.
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Brain > Evolution.
Brain > Growth.
Human evolution.
Electronic books.
Online adgang:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Indholdsfortegnelse:
  • 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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