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Thinking Big: How the Evolution of Social Life Shaped the Human Mind

Robin Dunbar, Clive Gamble, John Gowlett • Thames & Hudson • ISBN 9780500051801

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Thinking Big: How the Evolution of Social Life Shaped the Human Mind

Robin Dunbar, Clive Gamble, John Gowlett • Thames & Hudson • ISBN-13 9780500051801

ISBN-10 Not provided • 2014 • 1st Edition

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ISBN 9780500051801 • Completeness 70

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Thinking Big explores the evolution of human intelligence and social behavior, examining how the development of social life has shaped the human mind. Drawing on archaeological and fossil evidence, the authors provide insights into the cognitive and social transformations that have occurred throughout human history.

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Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Hardcover1st Edition2014
Pages: 224Language: EnglishPaper finish: Matte

Catalog notes

Contributor: Robin DunbarContributor: Clive GambleContributor: John Gowlett

Cultural context

Category: AnthropologyCategory: Cognitive ArchaeologyCategory: Cognitive EvolutionCategory: Cognitive ScienceCategory: Cultural AnthropologyCategory: Evolutionary AnthropologyCategory: Evolutionary TheoryCategory: Human DevelopmentCategory: Social PsychologyInfluenced by: Charles DarwinInfluenced by: Noam ChomskyInfluenced by: Stephen Jay GouldInfluenced by: Richard DawkinsInfluenced by: E.O. WilsonInfluenced by: Franz BoasInfluenced by: Claude Lu00e9vi-StraussInfluenced by: Carl JungInfluenced: Contemporary AnthropologistsInfluenced: Cognitive ScientistsInfluenced: Evolutionary BiologistsInfluenced: Social PsychologistsInfluenced: Behavioral EconomistsInfluenced: NeuroscientistsInfluenced: ArchaeologistsInfluenced: PaleontologistsCornerstone of: Evolutionary Psychology

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