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The Deep History of Ourselves

By Joseph LeDoux

The Deep History of Ourselves Medicine

The Deep History of Ourselves

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Longlisted for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award A leading neuroscientist offers a history of the evolution of the brain from unicellular organisms to the complexity of animals and human beings today Renowned neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux digs into the natural history of life on earth to provide a new perspective on the similarities between us and our ancestors in deep time. This page-turning survey of the whole of terrestrial evolution sheds new light on how nervous systems evolved in animals, how the brain developed, and what it means to be human. In The Deep History of Ourselves, LeDoux argues that the key to understanding human behavior lies in viewing evolution through the prism of the first living organisms. By tracking the chain of the evolutionary timeline he shows how even the earliest single-cell organisms had to solve the same problems we and our cells have to solve each day. Along the way, LeDoux explores our place in nature, how the evolution of nervous systems enhanced the ability of organisms to survive and thrive, and how the emergence of what we humans understand as consciousness made our greatest and most horrendous achievements as a species possible.
Product details
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
432
Release Date:
2019-08-27
Publication Date:
2019-08-27
Publisher:
Penguin Publishing Group
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0735223831
ISBN13:
9780735223837
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
638 g
Height:
158 cm
Width:
236 cm
Thickness:
43 cm
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