The Brain: Big Bangs, Behaviors, and Beliefs

by Ian Tattersall and Rob DeSalle

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300205724
• ISBN13: 9780300205725
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.6" x 8.6"