The Unpredictable Species: What Makes Humans Unique

by Philip Lieberman

Book Overview

How our brains have evolved so that we control how we think and behave

The Unpredictable Species argues that the human brain evolved in a way that enhances our cognitive flexibility and capacity for innovation and imitation. In doing so, the book challenges the central claim of evolutionary psychology that we are locked into predictable patterns of behavior that were fixed by genes, and refutes the claim that language is innate...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691148589
• ISBN13: 9780691148588
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.3"