How Homo Became Sapiens: On the Evolution of Thinking - Hardcover

G�rdenfors, Peter

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9780198528500: How Homo Became Sapiens: On the Evolution of Thinking

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ISBN 10: 0198528507 ISBN 13: 9780198528500

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2004

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Our ability to 'think' is really one of our most puzzling characteristics. In this compelling new work, Peter Gardenfors embarks on an evolutionary detective story to try and solve one of the big mysteries surrounding human existence--how the modern human way of thinking came to be. Immensely readable and humorous, this book will be valuable for students in psychology and biology, and enjoyable for the general reader of popular science.

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About the Author:

Peter Gardenfors, Professor of Cognitive Science, University of Lund, Sweden.

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... well written and admirably succinct. Although it has an argument to make, it does so in a fair and evenhanded way. This would make a good introduction for anyone venturing into the evolution of mind literature for the first time. Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol 79, No 4 ... provides a clearly written and engaging text worth recommending to undergraduates in the fields of cognitive science, psychology, and biology as well as to a general audience. Evolutionary Psychology, Vol 2

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