More Than Nature Needs: Language, Mind, and Evolution

by Derek Bickerton

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 hypothesis remained an intriguing guess--until now. Combining...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674724909
• ISBN13: 9780674724907
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.3"