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Author Caldararo, Niccolo Leo.
Title Big brains and the human superorganism : why special brains appear in hominids and other social animals / Niccolo Leo Caldararo.
OCLC ybp14775540
ISBN 9781498540889
1498540880
Publisher Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017]
Description 1 online resource (xi, 269 pages)
LC Subject heading/s Brain -- Evolution.
Primates -- Evolution.
Cognition.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Part 1. Brains and performance -- Cranimania and human behavior -- Brains: what are they good for? -- Group size, territory and disease -- Performing as human or as a social being -- Smooth brains, convolutions, complexity and ability -- Brain sizes, bigness and neurons -- A brain of two parts: cortex vs. cerebellum -- The future of the human brain -- part 2. History of a genus and the evolution of society -- Anthropocentric or indifferent universe? -- Racism as a human disease -- Learning and 'hard wiring' -- The housing crisis and homelessness -- On the curious illusion of human uniqueness.
Restrictions Single user license access.
Reproduction note Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
Source of Description Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 03, 2017).
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