The Brain: Big Bangs, Behaviors, and Beliefs

by Rob DeSalle and Ian Tattersall

Patricia J. Wynne (Illustrator)

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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...

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  • ISBN10 0300205724
  • ISBN13 9780300205725
  • Publish Date 15 April 2014 (first published 16 October 2010)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Yale University Press