The lopsided ape : evolution of the generative mind

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The lopsided ape : evolution of the generative mind

Michael C. Corballis

Oxford University Press, 1993, c1991

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-351) and index

"First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 1993"--T.p. verso

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What is it that allows human beings to think the way we do? What enables us to communicate with one another through the use of speech? Is the difference between Homo sapiens and other apes simply a matter of degree or are we unique and discontinuous from other species? Michael C. Corballis argues that this century-old debate lies in the fact that humans are the only primates that are predominantly right-handed, a sign of the specialization of the left hemisphere of the brain for language. Surveying the current views of evolution using evidence from archaeology, linguistics, neurology, and genetics, Corballis takes us on a fascinating tour of the origins and implications of the structure of the human brain, accounting for the dominance of humanity over all species.

目次

  • Are humans unique?
  • Human evolution
  • The human condition
  • Human handedness
  • Human language
  • The evolution of language
  • Language and the brain
  • Praxis and the left brain
  • The magic carpet
  • The duality of the brain
  • The plastic brain
  • Conclusions.

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