Chavaillon Changeux

Origins of the Human Brain

Herausgeber: Changeux, Jean Pierre; Chavaillon, Jean

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Throughout history, humans have been fascinated by their origins. The evolutionary development of the human brain has been of particular interest since our intellectual, emotional, and cultural capacities are considered to be unique among animals. This book brings together a group of eminent scientists from the fields of evolutionary biology, anthropology, neuroscience, and psychology. Their views provide a starting point for a debate based on the most recent scientific data relating to the evolutionary origins of the human brain, drawing together knowledge from sciences of the past (paleontology, archaeology) and those of the present and future (molecular neurobiology, population genetics). The result is a lively, informative, and valuable synthesis that will interest a wide range of students and researchers in these fields.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. November 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 512g
• ISBN-13: 9780198523901
• ISBN-10: 0198523904
• Artikelnr.: 21187946

Inhaltsangabe

* List of participants
* Introduction
* Part I: Anatomy of the brain
* 1: The first modern men
* 2: Image of the human fossil brain: endocranial casts and meningeal
vessels in young and adult subjects
* Discussion
* 3: Toward a synthetic theory of human brain evolution
* Discussion
* 4: The brain of the first hominids
* Discussion
* 5: Evolution of neocortical parcellation: the perspective from
experimental neuroembryology
* Discussion
* 6: Brain locomotion, diet, and culture: how a primate, by chance,
became a man
* Part II: Genetics
* 7: The human genome
* 8: Mitochondrial DNA and human evolution
* Discussion
* 9: Mammalian homeo box genes: evolutionary and regulatory aspects of
a network gene system
* Discussion
* Part III: Culture
* 10: Life in the fast lane: rapid cultural change and the human
evolutionary process
* Discussion
* 11: The origins of cultural diversity
* Discussion
* 12: Individuals and culture
* Discussion
* 13: Man's intelligence as seen through Paleolithic art
* Discussion
* 14: The origins and evolution of writing
* Discussion
* Part IV: Intelligence
* 15: The origins of consciousness
* Discussion
* 16: The social mind
* Discussion
* 17: Facts about human language
* Discussion
* 18: Cause/induced motion: intention/spontaneous motion
* Discussion
* Epilogue
* Author Index
* Subject Index