The Lives of the Brain : : Human Evolution and the Organ of Mind / / John S. Allen.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada)
• VerfasserIn: Allen, John S.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2012]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (352 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Figures --; 1. Introduction --; 2. The Human Brain in Brief --; 3. Brain Size --; 4. The Functional Evolution of the Brain --; 5. The Plastic Brain --; 6. The Molecular Evolution of the Brain --; 7. The Evolution of Feeding Behavior --; 8. The Aging Brain --; 9. Language and Brain Evolution --; 10. Optimism and the Evolution of the Brain --; References --; Acknowledgments --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674053496; 9783110756067; 9783110442205
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674053496
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: John S. Allen.

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.