Human evolution our brains and behavior

"This book covers the psychological aspects of human evolution with a table of contents ranging from prehistoric times to modern days. Dunbar focuses on an aspect of evolution that has typically been overshadowed by the archaeological record: the biological, neurological, and genetic changes that oc...

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Main Author: Dunbar, R. I. M. (Robin Ian MacDonald), 1947- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2016.
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Table of Contents:
  • What we have to explain
  • The bases of primate sociality
  • The essential framework
  • The first transition: the australopithecines
  • The second transition: early homo
  • The third transition: archaic humans
  • The fourth transition: modern humans
  • How kinship, language and culture came to be
  • The fifth transition: the neolithic and beyond.