Growing YoungBloomsbury Academic, 1989 - 292 páginas In this new, revised edition of his landmark book, Montagu compels us to reevaluate the way we think about growth and development, in all its phases, throughout life. Humans are designed to grow and develop their childlike qualities, and not to become the ossified adults prescribed by society. Montagu demonstrates how our culture, schools, and families are in conspiracy against such childlike traits as the need to love, to learn, to wonder, to know, to explore, to think, to experiment, to be imaginative, creative and curious, to sing, dance, or play. He also reveals the many links between physical and mental aging and tells how to prevent psychosclerosis, the hardening of the mind, so that we can die young--as late as possible. The best statement ever written on the most important, neglected theme of human life and evolution. Stephen Jay Gould, Harvard University |
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... neoteny . What neoteny tells us is not that we remain arrested at the level of the fetus or the child , but that we continue to develop the generalized traits that are seen in fetuses and children , rather than become re- stricted by ...
... neotenous social development . While some features of human behavior fit the neoteny hypothesis , others do not . These include the accelerated use of language and symbolic com- munication , along with advanced memory storage and recall ...
... neotenous ; neoteny or in- crease in juvenile features becomes a measure of evolutionary change . " VLADIMIR J. A. NOVÁK A leading proponent of neoteny as a major factor in the evolution of humankind has been , and continues to be ...
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Neoteny and Human Biological Evolution | 12 |
The Evolution of Human Behavior | 46 |
Chapter 4 | 62 |
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Continuity of Neural Functions from Prenatal to Postnatal Life Heinz F. Prechtl Vista previa limitada - 1984 |
Continuity of Neural Functions from Prenatal to Postnatal Life Heinz F. Prechtl Vista previa limitada - 1984 |