| Description |
xiii, 321 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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Fyssen Foundation symposium |
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Fyssen Foundation symposium.
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| Contents |
1. The first modern men / Bernard Vandermeersch -- 2. Image of the human fossil brain: endocranial casts and meningeal vessels in young and adult subjects / Roger Saban -- 3. Toward a synthetic theory of human brain evolution / Ralph L. Holloway -- 4. The brain of the first hominids / Phillip V. Tobias -- 5. Evolution of neocortical parcellation: the perspective from experimental neuroembryology / Pasko Rakic -- 6. Brain, locomotion, diet, and culture: how a primate, by chance, became a man / Yves Coppens -- 7. The human genome / Jean-Louis Mandel -- 8. Mitochondrial DNA and human evolution / Rebecca L. Cann -- 9. Mammalian homeo box genes: evolutionary and regulatory aspects of a network gene system / Frank H. Ruddle and Claudia Kappen -- 10. Life in the fast lane: rapid cultural change and the human evolutionary process / Robert Boyd and Peter J. Richerson -- 11. The origins of cultural diversity / Janusz K. Kozlowski -- 12. Individuals and culture / Robert A. Hinde |
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13. Man's intelligence as seen through palaeolithic art / Henri Delporte -- 14. The origins and evolution of writing / Andre Roch Lecours -- 15. The origins of consciousness / Lawrence Weiskrantz -- 16. The social mind / Bernardo A. Huberman -- 17. Facts about human language relevant to its evolution / Steven Pinker -- 18. Cause/induced motion: Intention/spontaneous motion / David Premack |
| Analysis |
Humans Brain Physiology |
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Humans Brain Physiology |
| Notes |
On title page: A Fyssen Foundation Symposium |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
Brain -- Evolution.
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Brain -- Anatomy -- Congresses.
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Brain -- Evolution -- Congresses.
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Brain -- Evolution.
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Evolution -- Congresses.
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Intellect -- Congresses.
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Population genetics -- Congresses.
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Social evolution -- Congresses.
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Brain -- anatomy & histology.
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Cultural Evolution.
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Evolution
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Genetics, Population.
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Intelligence.
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| Genre/Form |
Congress.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Changeux, Jean-Pierre.
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Chavaillon, Jean.
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| LC no. |
94038955 |
| ISBN |
0198523076 |
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