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Guts and Brains: An Integrative Approach to the Hominin Record
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Abstract The human brain and its one hundred billion neurons compose the most complex organ in the body and harness more than 20 per cent of all the energy we produce. Why do we have such large and energy-demanding brains, and how have we been able to afford such an expensive organ for thousands of years? Gu... mehr
The human brain and its one hundred billion neurons compose the most complex organ in the body and harness more than 20 per cent of all the energy we produce. Why do we have such large and energy-demanding brains, and how have we been able to afford such an expensive organ for thousands of years? Guts and Brains discusses the key variables at stake in such a question, including the relationship between brain size and diet, diet and social organization, and large brains and the human sexual division of labour. This interdisciplinary volume provides an entry for the reader into understanding the development of both early primates and our own species... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Evolution; historische Entwicklung; Intelligenz; Soziobiologie; Entwicklung; Gehirn; körperliche Entwicklung
Klassifikation
Naturwissenschaften, Technik(wissenschaften), angewandte Wissenschaften
Sprache Dokument
Deutsch
Publikationsjahr
2007
Verlag
Leiden Univ. Press
Erscheinungsort
Leiden
Seitenangabe
280 S.
Schriftenreihe
LUP Academic
ISBN
978-90-8728-014-7
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht kommerz., Keine Bearbeitung