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Author Masterton, R. B

Title Evolution, Brain, and Behavior : Persistent Problems
Published London : Taylor & Francis Group, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (287 pages)
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; 1. On the Comparative Method of Investigation; 2. Uses of the Comparative Study of Behavior; 3. Principles of the Evolution of the Brain and Behavior; 4. Rates of Evolution of the Nervous System and Behavior; 5. Genetic Considerations in Studies of the Evolution of the Nervous System and Behavior; 6. What Animals Should We Compare?; 7. Grades and Clades Revisited; 8. Interrelationships of the Major Fish Groups with Comments on Specimen Availability
9. The Nomenclature of Correspondence: A New Look at "Homology"" and "Analogy10. Morphological Homology and the Nervous System; 11. The Concept of Homology and the Evolution of Behavior; 12. Practical Aspects of Homology Recognition; 13. In Defense of the Analog: A Commentary to N. Hotton; 14. Homology: Logic, Information, and Efficiency; 15. Problems in the Comparative Study of Language; 16. Intelligence: An Invertebrate Perspective; Author Index; Subject Index
Summary First published in 1976. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company
Notes Print version record
Subject Vertebrates -- Evolution.
Vertebrates -- Behavior
Brain -- Evolution.
Brain -- Evolution
Vertebrates -- Behavior
Vertebrates -- Evolution
Form Electronic book
Author Hodos, W
Jerison, H. J
ISBN 9781317722519
1317722515