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Culture : growing brain size and cerebral cortical surface--Genus Homo

Title
Culture : growing brain size and cerebral cortical surface--Genus Homo / Antonio Santangelo.
Author
Santangelo, Antonio.
Publication
Milano : Sabaini, c1998.

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Description
126 p.; 21 cm.
Subject
  • Brain > Evolution
  • Human evolution
  • Social evolution
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Language (note)
  • Translated from the Italian.
Contents
Culture, growing brain size and cerebral cortical surface, genus homo, introduction -- Chopping tools as "useful possessions" : a qualitative jump in thought processing -- Chopping tools as "useful possessions" : a Pliocene tool behavior leading to bigger brain size selection (and connected ability for culture) -- Tentative explanation for "handedness" (e.g. right-handedness) in hominids : a hypothesis, "digging sticks" -- Growing cerebral surface area and its relation to culture.
LCCN
2001367740
OCLC
  • ocm49627538
  • SCSB-1128750
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library