Hidden Bibliographic Details
| ISBN: | 1400846706
9781400846702
9781299467910
1299467911
9781400898978
1400898978
9780691148588
0691148589
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| Digital file characteristics: | text file PDF
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index.
In English.
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| Summary: | 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. Philip Lieberman builds his case with evidence from neuroscience, genetics, and physical anthropology, showing how our basal ganglia--structures deep within the brain whose origins predate the dinosaurs--came to play a key role.
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| Other form: | Print Version: Lieberman, Philip. Unpredictable species. Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2013] 9780691148588
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| Standard no.: | 10.1515/9781400846702
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