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050	0	0	_aQP376 _b.A4225 2009
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100	1		_aAllen, John S. _q(John Scott), _d1961- _93631
245	1	4	_aThe lives of the brain : _bhuman evolution and the organ of mind / _cJohn S. Allen.
260			_aCambridge, Mass. : _bBelknap Press of Harvard University Press, _c2009.
300			_ax, 338 p. : _bill. ; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [281]-326) and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction -- The human brain in brief -- Brain size -- The functional evolution of the brain -- The plastic brain -- The molecular evolution of the brain -- The evolution of feeding behavior -- The aging brain -- Language and brain evolution -- Optimism and the evolution of the brain.
520			_aThough we have other distinguishing characteristics (walking on two legs, for instance, and relative hairlessness), the brain and the behavior it produces are what truly set us apart from the other apes and primates. And how this three-pound organ composed of water, fat, and protein turned a mammal species into the dominant animal on earth today is the story the author seeks to tell in this book. Adopting what he calls a bottom-up approach to the evolution of human behavior, the author considers the brain as a biological organ; a collection of genes, cells, and tissues that grows, eats, and ages, and is subject to the direct effects of natural selection and the phylogenetic constraints of its ancestry. An exploration of the evolution of this critical organ based on recent work in paleoanthropology, brain anatomy and neuroimaging, molecular genetics, life history theory, and related fields, this book shows us the brain as a product of the contexts in which it evolved : phylogenetic, somatic, genetic, ecological, demographic, and ultimately, cultural-linguistic. Throughout, the author focuses on the foundations of brain evolution rather than the evolution of behavior or cognition.
650		0	_aBrain _xEvolution. _93632
650		0	_aBrain _xGrowth. _93633
650		0	_aHuman evolution. _93634
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