Drawing on a number of different fields, an evolutionary biologist shows how thinking developed in response to the competitive pressures that shaped the human body and how it continues to change in response to the world around us. 15,000 first printing.
How Brains Think: Evolving Intelligence, Then and Now (Science Masters)
โ Scribed by William H. Calvin
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 148
- Series
- Science Masters
- Category
- Library
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