The lives of the brain
Subtitle: human evolution and the organ of mind
By: John S. Allen.
Publisher: Belknap Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780674035348
Subjects: Brain -- Evolution; Brain -- Growth; Human evolution
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The human brain in brief; title: Brain size; title: The functional evolution of the brain; title: The plastic brain; title: The molecular evolution of the brain; title: The evolution of feeding behavior; title: The aging brain; title: Language and brain evolution; title: Optimism and the evolution of the brain.