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Brain

Rob DeSalle, Ian Tattersall, Patricia J. Wynne
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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 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 history—an evolutionary process of many zigs and zags—that has accidentally resulted in a splendidly eccentric and creative product. 
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Rob DeSalle, Ian Tattersall, Patricia J. Wynne EAN: 9780300205725 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 544 g HEIGHT: 229 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Yale University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2014-04-15 CITY: GENRE: PSYCHOLOGY / Creative Ability, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Developmental Biology WIDTH: 178 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      History of science, Evolution, Neurosciences

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      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.
      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 history—an evolutionary process of many zigs and zags—that has accidentally resulted in a splendidly eccentric and creative product. 
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Rob DeSalle, Ian Tattersall, Patricia J. Wynne EAN: 9780300205725 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 544 g HEIGHT: 229 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Yale University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2014-04-15 CITY: GENRE: PSYCHOLOGY / Creative Ability, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Developmental Biology WIDTH: 178 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      History of science, Evolution, Neurosciences

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      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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