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Laland, Kevin N.
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Social evolution.
Human evolution.
Social learning.
Cognition and culture.
Brain -- Evolution.
Evolutionary psychology.
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Laland, Kevin N.
Social evolution.
Human evolution.
Social learning.
Cognition and culture.
Brain -- Evolution.
Evolutionary psychology.
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Darwin
's
unfinished
symphony
:
how
culture
made
the
human
mind
/ Kevin N. Laland.
by
Laland, Kevin N.
Princeton University Press, 2017.
Call #:
599.938 L193d
Subjects
Social evolution.
Human
evolution.
Social learning.
Cognition and
culture
.
Brain -- Evolution.
Evolutionary psychology.
ISBN:
9780691151182 (hc.)
Description:
xii, 450 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-441) and index.
Contents:
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 -- Epilogue: Awe without wonder.
Summary:
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? A captivating new theory of
human
cognitive evolution.
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 - 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. Laland explains
how
animals imitate, innovate, and have remarkable traditions of their own. He traces our rise from scavenger apes in prehistory to modern humans able to design iPhones, dance the tango, and send astronauts into space. A new understanding of
how
culture
transformed
human
evolution. It is the story of
how
Darwin
's intellectual descendants picked up where he left off and took up the challenge of providing a scientific account of the evolution of the
human
mind
. Kevin Laland is Professor of Behavioural and Evolutionary Biology at the University of St Andrews. He has published over 200 scientific articles and 11 books on topics related to animal behaviour and evolution, particularly social learning, cultural evolution and niche construction.
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