Biology, Brains, and Behavior: The Evolution of Human Development

by Sue Taylor Parker (Editor), Jonas Langer (Editor), Michael L. McKinney (Editor)

Overview

An exciting new cross-disciplinary field of biocultural research is emerging at the start of the twenty-first century: developmental evolutionary biology. Looking at the behavioral ontogeny of primates, the authors-leading scholars of biological anthropology, evolutionary biology, developmental psychology, and cognitive neuroscience-pose questions that probe our fundamental understanding of the human species.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780933452640
Publisher:	School for Advanced Research Press
Publication date:	07/01/2000
Series:	School for Advanced Research Advanced Seminar Series
Edition description:	1 ED
Pages:	408
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.98(d)

Editorial Reviews

Are humans underdeveloped or overdeveloped apes? What is the role of brain development in life history and how has it changed during hominoid evolution? Using the new, cross-disciplinary field of developmental evolutionary biology, this volume examines these questions and postulates new theories on how cognition, language and behavior develop in primates. The result of the School of American Research seminar "Evolution of Behavioral Ontogeny" (August 1995), this academic book is aimed at anthropologists, psychologists and biologists. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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