The Unpredictable Species : : What Makes Humans Unique /

The Unpredictable Species : : What Makes Humans Unique / / Philip Lieberman.

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The Unpredictable Species argues that the human brain evolved in a way that enhances our cognitive flexibility and capacity for innovation and imitation. In doing so, the book challenges the central claim of evolutionary psychology that we are locked into predictable patterns of behavior that were f...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Lieberman, Philip,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2013]
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (272 p.) :; 12 line illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter One. Brainworks
  • Chapter Two. Brain Design by Rube Goldberg
  • Chapter Three. Darwin Got It Right
  • Chapter Four. Chimpanzee Brain 2.0
  • Chapter Five. Stones, Bones, and Brains
  • Chapter Six. The Gene Game
  • Chapter Seven. What Makes Us Tick
  • References
  • Index

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