Darwin's Unfinished Symphony: How Culture Made the Human Mind
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Darwin's Unfinished Symphony: How Culture Made the Human Mind
By (Author) Kevin N. Lala
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
19th November 2018
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Cognition and cognitive psychology
576.8
Physical Properties
Paperback
464
Width 155mm, Height 235mm
Description
Humans possess an extraordinary capacity for culture, from the arts and language to science and technology. But how did the human mind-and the uniquely human ability to devise and transmit culture-evolve from its roots in animal behavior Darwin's Unfinished Symphony presents a captivating new theory of human cognitive evolution. This compelling an
Reviews
"Winner of the 2017 British Psychological Society Book Awards, Best Academic Monograph"
"Winner of the 2018 PROSE Award in Biological Science, Association of American Publishers"
"One of Forbes.coms 10 Best Biology Books of 2017, chosen by GrrlScientist"
"Selected for Askblogs Books of the year 2017"
"Not only philosophers and other human scientists interested . . . in cognitive and epistemological issues, but also educators and researchers in educational sciences can greatly benefit from reading this excellent book."---Lorenzo Magnani, Science and Education
Author Bio
Kevin N. Laland is professor of behavioral and evolutionary biology at the University of St Andrews.
