Origins of the human brain
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Origins of the human brain
（A Fyssen Foundation symposium）
Clarendon Press , Oxford University Press, 1995
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Throughout history, humans have been fascinated by their origins. The evolutionary development of the human brain is of particular interest as our intellectual, emotional and cultural capacities are considered to be unique among animals. This volume compiles the views of a group of scientists from the fields of anthropology, psychology, neuroscience and evolutionary biology. It is hoped that their ideas will act as the basis for a debate based on the most recent scientific data relating to the evolutionary origins of the human brain.
Table of Contents
- Part I: Anatomy of the brain
- The first modern men
- Image of the human fossil brain: endocranial casts and meningeal vessels in young and adult subjects
- Toward a synthetic theory of human brain evolution
- The brain of the first hominids
- Evolution of neocortical parcellation: the perspective from experimental neuroembryology
- Brain locomotion, diet, and culture: how a primate, by chance, became a man
- Part II: Genetics
- The human genome
- Mitochondrial DNA and human evolution
- Mammalian homeo box genes: evolutionary and regulatory aspects of a network gene system
- Part III: Culture
- Life in the fast lane: rapid cultural change and the human evolutionary process
- The origins of cultural diversity
- Individuals and culture
- Man's intelligence as seen through Palaeolithic art
- The origins and evolution of writing
- Part IV: Intelligence
- The origins of consciousness
- The social mind
- Facts about human language
- Cause/induced motion: intention/spontaneous motion.
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