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9780716760382

Evolving Brains

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  • ISBN13:

    9780716760382

  • ISBN10:

    071676038X

  • Format: Trade Paper
  • Copyright: 2000-03-27
  • Publisher: W. H. Freeman
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Summary

How did the human brain with all its manifold capacities evolve from basic functions in simple organisms that lived nearly a billion years ago? John Allman addresses this question in Evolving Brains , a provocative study of brain evolution that introduces readers to some of the most exciting developments in science in recent years.

Author Biography

John Morgan Allman is Hixon Professor of Biology at the California Institute of Technology. He received his doctoral degree in anthropology and played a key role in the discovery that the visual cortex in primates comprises many areas that serve a multitude of functions. Dr. Allman received the Golden Brain Award from the Minerva Foundation for his research on how the brain represents visual information.

Table of Contents

Preface ix
Brain Basics
1(14)
Comparing Brains
15(28)
Duplicated Genes and Developing Brains
43(20)
Eyes, Noses, and Brains
63(22)
Warm-Blooded Brains
85(36)
Primate Brains
121(38)
The Evolution of Big Brains
159(50)
Readings 209(6)
Sources of Illustrations 215(4)
Index 219

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