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The Brain: Big Bangs, Behaviors, and Beliefs

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By (author): Ian Tattersall Rob DeSalle

Illustrated by: Patricia J. Wynne

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 historyan evolutionary process of many zigs and zagsthat has accidentally resulted in a splendidly eccentric and creative product.

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Product Details
  • Weight: 544g
  • Dimensions: 178 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 15 Apr 2014
  • Publisher: Yale University Press
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780300205725

About Ian TattersallRob DeSalle

Rob DeSalle is curator Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics American Museum of Natural History where he has curated several special exhibitions including Brain: The Inside Story. Ian Tattersall is curator emeritus Division of Anthropology American Museum of Natural History and with DeSalle co-curated the Hall of Human Origins at AMNH. The authors live in New York City.

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