Thinking big : how the evolution of social life shaped the human mind
Dunbar, R. I. M. (Robin Ian MacDonald), 1947-2014
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When and how did the brains of our hominin ancestors become human minds? When and why did our capacity for language or art, music and dance evolve? It is the contention of this pathbreaking and provocative book that it was the need for early humans to live in ever-larger social groups, and to maintain social relations over ever-greater distances the ability to think big that drove the enlargement of the human brain and the development of the human mind.
Main title:
Thinking big : how the evolution of social life shaped the human mind / Robin Dunbar, Clive Gamble, John Gowlett.
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Imprint:
London : Thames & Hudson, 2014.
Collation:
224 pages
ISBN:
9780500051801 (hbk)0500051801
Dewey class:
155.7
Language:
English
BRN:
896850
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