The Lives of the Brain: Human Evolution and the Organ of Mind

by John S. Allen

Book Overview

Though 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 John S. Allen seeks to tell.

Adopting what he calls a "bottom-up" approach to the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674064054
• ISBN13: 9780674064058
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 9.0"