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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... organism which , in the environment it inhabits , improves its chances of leaving descendants ADAPTIVE RADIATION : Evolution , from a primitive type of organism or from a basically successful adaptation , of divergent forms adapted to ...
... organisms and their environment EMBRYO : The human organism up to the third month in utero EMBRYOLOGY : The study of the formation and development of embryos ENDOCRINE : Referring to the glands of internal secretion ENVIRONMENT : The ...
... organism , especially during individual development ORTHOGNATHY : The nonprojection of the jaws in front of the cranium . OXYTOCIN : A pituitary gland hormone that stimulates the tubules of the breast , induces the " letdown reflex ...
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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 |