The Ascent of Mind: Ice Age Climates and the Evolution of Intelligence
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Language: English
Published by Bantam Books, 1991
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- Title
- The Ascent of Mind: Ice Age Climates and the Evolution of Intelligence
- Author
- William H. Calvin
- Publisher
- Bantam Books
- Publication year
- 1991
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 055335230X
- ISBN 13
- 9780553352306
Investigates the rapid evolution of the ape brain into the hominid brain, and explains why understanding our evolutionary past can help us survive an uncertain future
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William H. Calvin is a theoretical neurophysiologist at the University of Washington. He is the author of The Atlantic Monthly cover story, "The Great Climate Flip-Flop", and of ten books, including The Cerebral Code, How Brains Think, The Throwing Madonna, The River that Flows Uphill, The Cerebral Symphony, and co-author of Conversations with Neil?s Brain and Lingua ex Machina.
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