Thinking big : how the evolution of social life shaped the human mind /

Thinking big : how the evolution of social life shaped the human mind /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Gamble, Clive, author.
Imprint:	London : Thames & Hudson, 2014.
Description:	224 pages ; 25 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Sociobiology. Brain evolution. Human evolution. Evolutionary psychology. Brain -- Evolution. Cognition and culture. Evolutionary psychology. Human evolution. Social evolution.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10081133

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Other authors / contributors:	Gowlett, John, author. Dunbar, R. I. M. (Robin Ian MacDonald), 1947- author.
ISBN:	9780500051801 0500051801 (cloth) 9780500772140 (electronic bk.) 0500772142 (electronic bk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Preface
1. Psychology meets archaeology
2. What it means to be social
3. Ancient social lives
4. Ancestors with small brains
5. Building the human niche: three crucial skills
6. Ancestors with large brains
7. Living in big societies
Selected Reading
Sources of Illustrations
Index