Darwin's unfinished symphony :how cu...
Laland, Kevin N.,

 

  • Darwin's unfinished symphony :how culture made the human mind /
  • 紀錄類型: 書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
    杜威分類號: 303.4
    書名/作者: Darwin's unfinished symphony : : how culture made the human mind // Kevin N. Laland
    作者: Laland, Kevin N.,
    面頁冊數: 1 online resource (xii, 450 pages) : : illustrations
    標題: Social evolution
    標題: Social learning
    標題: Cognition and culture
    標題: Brain - Congresses. - Evolution
    標題: Evolutionary psychology - Outlines, syllabi, etc.
    ISBN: 140088487X
    ISBN: 9781400884872
    ISBN: 9780691184470
    ISBN: 069118447X
    書目註: Includes bibliographical references and index
    內容註: Foundations of culture. Darwin's unfinished symphony ; Ubiquitous copying ; Why copy? ; A tale of two fishes ; The roots of creativity -- The evolution of the mind. The evolution of intelligence ; High fidelity ; Why we alone have language ; Gene- culture coevolution ; The dawn of civilization ; Foundations of cooperation ; The arts -- Awe without wonder
    摘要、提要註: Humans possess an extraordinary capacity for cultural production, from the arts and language to science and technology. 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 and accessible book reveals how culture is not just the magnificent end product of an evolutionary process that produced a species unlike all others-- it is also the key driving force behind that process.Kevin Laland shows how the learned and socially transmitted activities of our ancestors shaped our intellects through accelerating cycles of evolutionary feedback. The truly unique characteristics of our species--such as our intelligence, language, teaching, and cooperation--are not adaptive responses to predators, disease, or other external conditions. Rather, humans are creatures of their own making
    電子資源: http://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/search/PUPB0005952.html
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