Darwin's Unfinished Symphony: How Culture Made the Human Mind

Humans possess an extraordinary capacity for culture, from the arts and language to science and technology. But...
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Author: Kevin N. Lala
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Darwin's Unfinished Symphony: How Culture Made the Human Mind by Lala, Kevin N.

Darwin's Unfinished Symphony: How Culture Made the Human Mind

¥7,584

Darwin's Unfinished Symphony: How Culture Made the Human Mind

¥7,584
Author: Kevin N. Lala
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Humans possess an extraordinary capacity for culture, from the arts and language to science and technology. But how did the human mind--and the uniquely human ability to devise and transmit culture--evolve from its roots in animal behavior? Darwin's Unfinished Symphony presents a captivating new theory of human cognitive evolution. This compelling and accessible book reveals how culture is not just the magnificent end product of an evolutionary process that produced a species unlike all others--it is also the key driving force behind that process. Kevin Laland tells the story of the painstaking fieldwork, the key experiments, the false leads, and the stunning scientific breakthroughs that led to this new understanding of how culture transformed human evolution. It is the story of how Darwin's intellectual descendants picked up where he left off and took up the challenge of providing a scientific account of the evolution of the human mind.

Author: Kevin N. Lala
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 09/11/2018
Pages: 464
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.00w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780691182810

About the Author
Kevin N. Laland is professor of behavioral and evolutionary biology at the University of St Andrews.

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