The Human Evolutionary Transition: From Animal Intelligence to Culture

by Magnus Enquist, Johan Lind, Stefano Ghirlanda

A major new theory of why human intelligence has not evolved in other species The Human Evolutionary Transition offers a unified view of the evolution of intelligence, presenting a bold and provocative new account of how animals and humans have followed two powerful yet very different evolutionary paths to intelligence. This incisive book shows how animals rely on robust associative mechanisms that are guided by genetic information, which enable animals...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691240779
• ISBN13: 9780691240770
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"