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Zusatztext The questions posed by the symposium's organisers are fascinating Klappentext Humans have always been fascinated by their origins, and the evolutionary development of the human brain is of particular interest as our intellectual, emotional, and cultural capacities are considered to be unique among animals. Written by one of the most well-known neuroscientists in the world, this book is now available in paperback, and brings together a group of eminent scientists from the fields of psychology, anthropology, neuroscience, and evolutionary biology. Their views have been captured to provide a starting point for a debate based on the most recent scientific data relating to the evolutionary origins of the human brain. The questions posed by the symposium's organisers are fascinating Times Higher Education Supplement Zusammenfassung Humans have always been fascinated by their origins, and the evolutionary development of the human brain is of particular interest as our intellectual, emotional, and cultural capacities are considered to be unique among animals. Written by one of the most well-known neuroscientists in the world, this book is now available in paperback, and brings together a group of eminent scientists from the fields of psychology, anthropology, neuroscience, and evolutionary biology. Their views have been captured to provide a starting point for a debate based on the most recent scientific data relating to the evolutionary origins of the human brain. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of participants Introduction Part I: Anatomy of the brain 1: The first modern men 2: Image of the human fossil brain: endocranial casts and meningeal vessels in young and adult subjects Discussion 3: Toward a synthetic theory of human brain evolution Discussion 4: The brain of the first hominids Discussion 5: Evolution of neocortical parcellation: the perspective from experimental neuroembryology Discussion 6: Brain locomotion, diet, and culture: how a primate, by chance, became a man Part II: Genetics 7: The human genome 8: Mitochondrial DNA and human evolution Discussion 9: Mammalian homeo box genes: evolutionary and regulatory aspects of a network gene system Discussion Part III: Culture 10: Life in the fast lane: rapid cultural change and the human evolutionary process Discussion 11: The origins of cultural diversity Discussion 12: Individuals and culture Discussion 13: Man's intelligence as seen through Paleolithic art Discussion 14: The origins and evolution of writing Discussion Part IV: Intelligence 15: The origins of consciousness Discussion 16: The social mind Discussion 17: Facts about human language Discussion 18: Cause/induced motion: intention/spontaneous motion Discussion Epilogue Author Index Subject Index ...
