The Symbolic Species: The Co-Evolution of Language and the Brain

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“May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend ...
Binding
Paperback
Weight
1 lbs
Product Group
Book
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ISBN
9780393317541
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-10
0393317544
ISBN-13
9780393317541
eBay Product ID (ePID)
140968

Product Key Features

Book Title
Symbolic Species : the Co-Evolution of Language and the Brain
Number of Pages
528 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1998
Topic
Life Sciences / Developmental Biology, Anthropology / Physical
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Social Science, Science
Author
Terrence W. Deacon
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
24.7 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
96-031115
Reviews
This superb and innovative look at the evolution of language could only have been written by one person . . . Terrence Deacon. An extraordinary achievement!, This superb and innovative look at the evolution of language could only have been written by one person . . . Terrence Deacon. An extraordinary achievement!
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The
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
153.6
Synopsis
Informing these insights is a new understanding of how Darwinian processes underlie the brain's development and function as well as its evolution. In contrast to much contemporary neuroscience that treats the brain as no more or less than a computer, Deacon provides a new clarity of vision into the mechanism of mind. It injects a renewed sense of adventure into the experience of being human., This revolutionary book provides fresh answers to long-standing questions of human origins and consciousness. Drawing on his breakthrough research in comparative neuroscience, Terrence Deacon offers a wealth of insights into the significance of symbolic thinking: from the co-evolutionary exchange between language and brains over two million years of hominid evolution to the ethical repercussions that followed man's newfound access to other people's thoughts and emotions. Informing these insights is a new understanding of how Darwinian processes underlie the brain's development and function as well as its evolution. In contrast to much contemporary neuroscience that treats the brain as no more or less than a computer, Deacon provides a new clarity of vision into the mechanism of mind. It injects a renewed sense of adventure into the experience of being human., "A work of enormous breadth, likely to pleasantly surprise both general readers and experts."--New York Times Book Review
LC Classification Number
QP399

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