Mental elements and evolution homo, theoretical implications
By: Antonio Santangelo ; [English version by Lella Polacco Alberg]
Publisher: Rian Graf
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Milano
Language: eng
Translated from: ita
Number of pages: 54
Subjects: Human evolution; Brain; Evolution; Sociobiology; Social evolution
Notes: "Complementary to 'Intellective elements morphotyping Homo' (Rian Graf, 2006)."

Three p. of additional information supplied by author inserted after p. 37.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 39-54).

Translated from the Italian.
Table of contents: title: The concept of trend; title: Hypotheses compared: evolutionary theory, mental investments, and archetypes; title: A few examples of purposive evolution; title: Pigeons and seagulls in Venice; title: "Hunting" in hominoids pre-Homo; title: Sexual selection as an aesthetically guided act; title: Some remarks about the ways of evolution homo; title: More on mental activity and its impact: before culture; title: The process neoteny and "neural perfectings"; title: The "purposive pattern": some features and behaviours homo; title: Considering and re-considering theoretical sides in evolution.