The Ascent of Mind: Ice Age Climates and the Evolution of Intelligence - Softcover
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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"As delightful as it is thought-provoking." -- The Los Angeles Times
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- PublisherBantam Books
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 055335230X
- ISBN 13 9780553352306
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages320
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THE ASCENT OF MIND Ice Age Climates and the Evolution of Intelligence
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