The Lives of the Brain: Human Evolution and the Organ of MindHarvard University Press, 2010 M02 15 - 352 páginas Though we have other distinguishing characteristics (walking on two legs, for instance, and relative hairlessness), the brain and the behavior it produces are what truly set us apart from the other apes and primates. And how this three-pound organ composed of water, fat, and protein turned a mammal species into the dominant animal on earth today is the story John S. Allen seeks to tell. |
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3 Brain Size | 44 |
4 The Functional Evolution of the Brain | 82 |
5 The Plastic Brain | 120 |
6 The Molecular Evolution of the Brain | 148 |
7 The Evolution of Feeding Behavior | 177 |
8 The Aging Brain | 202 |
9 Language and Brain Evolution | 232 |
10 Optimism and the Evolution of the Brain | 273 |
References | 281 |
Acknowledgments | 327 |
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