An edition of Braindance (1992)

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An edition of Braindance (1992)

Braindance

1st ed.
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"In this revised edition Dean Falk re-examines her search on how the human brain evolved and reveals how this process continues to impact our species." "Falk evaluates the conditions and circumstances that allowed a group of apelike individuals to evolve, over a period of 5 to 7 million years, into Homo sapiens and discusses the evolution of visual skills, right-handedness, language ability, right-brain/left-brain and male/female differences - and the uniquely human ability to dance. The specifics of how we tapped, toed, and twisted through the prehistoric "brain dance" form the story line of this book." "Falk explains how the act of walking upright permitted brain size to begin increasing dramatically in our early ancestors. Her "radiator theory" demonstrates that once they developed the ability to cool cranial blood through vascular changes associated with bi-pedalism, the constraint that limited brain size disappeared. And what did 2 million years of bigger brains produce? The last chapter summarizes Falk's ideas on human cognitive and conscious capacities for the future."--BOOK JACKET.

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Publisher
H. Holt
Language
English
Pages
260

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Cover of: Braindance
Braindance: new discoveries about human origins and brain evolution
2004, University Press of Florida
in English - Rev. and expanded ed.
Cover of: Braindance
Braindance
1992, H. Holt
in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: Braindance
Braindance
1992, H. Holt
in English - 1st ed.

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Edition Notes

"A John Macrae book."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-247) and index.

Published in
New York
Other Titles
Brain dance.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
569/.9
Library of Congress
GN283 .F35 1992

The Physical Object

Pagination
ix, 260 p. :
Number of pages
260

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24751477M
Internet Archive
braindance00falk
ISBN 10
0805012826
LCCN
91014628

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