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The Brain - Big Bangs, Behaviors, and Beliefs (Paperback)
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The Brain - Big Bangs, Behaviors, and Beliefs (Paperback)
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Price R442
Discovery Miles 4 420
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What evolutionary process could have resulted in the unique and
amazing human brain? New research by neuroscientists,
paleontologists, and others reveals startling answers. After
several million years of jostling for ecological space, only one
survivor from a host of hominid species remains standing: us. Human
beings are extraordinary creatures, and it is the unprecedented
human brain that makes them so. In this delightfully accessible
book, the authors present the first full, step-by-step account of
the evolution of the brain and nervous system. Tapping the very
latest findings in evolutionary biology, neuroscience, and
molecular biology, Rob DeSalle and Ian Tattersall explain how the
cognitive gulf that separates us from all other living creatures
could have occurred. They discuss the development and uniqueness of
human consciousness, how human and nonhuman brains work, the roles
of different nerve cells, the importance of memory and language in
brain functions, and much more. Our brains, they conclude, are the
product of a lengthy and supremely untidy history-an evolutionary
process of many zigs and zags-that has accidentally resulted in a
splendidly eccentric and creative product.
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