More Than Nature Needs: Language, Mind, and Evolution - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Harvard University PressISBN-13:9780674724907ISBN-10:674724909UPC:9780674724907Book Category:Psychology, Language Arts & Disciplines, ScienceBook Subcategory:Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Linguistics, Life SciencesBook Topic:EvolutionSize:9.30 x 6.40 x 1.30 inchesWeight:1.4021Product ID:SCDPT4934E
More Than Nature Needs: Language, Mind, and Evolution
The human mind is an unlikely evolutionary adaptation. How did humans acquire cognitive capacities far more powerful than anything a hunting-and-gathering primate needed to survive? Alfred Russel Wallace, co-founder with Darwin of evolutionary theory, saw humans as "divine exceptions" to natural selection. Darwin thought use of language might have shaped our sophisticated brains, but his...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Harvard University PressISBN-13:9780674724907ISBN-10:674724909UPC:9780674724907Book Category:Psychology, Language Arts & Disciplines, ScienceBook Subcategory:Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Linguistics, Life SciencesBook Topic:EvolutionSize:9.30 x 6.40 x 1.30 inchesWeight:1.4021Product ID:SCDPT4934E
Bickerton, Derek: - Derek Bickerton (1926-2018) was Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa.
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