Biology

Darwin's Unfinished Symphony: How Culture Made the Human Mind

Paperback

Price:
$24.95/拢20.00
ISBN:
Published:
Sep 11, 2018
Copyright:
2018
Pages:
464
Size:
6.12 x 9.25 in.
Illus:
13 b/w illus.
Main_subject:
Biology
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Humans possess an extraordinary capacity for culture, from the arts and language to science and technology. But how did the human mind鈥攁nd the uniquely human ability to devise and transmit culture鈥攅volve from its roots in animal behavior? Darwin鈥檚 Unfinished Symphony presents a captivating new theory of human cognitive evolution. This compelling and accessible book reveals how culture is not just the magnificent end product of an evolutionary process that produced a species unlike all others鈥攊t is also the key driving force behind that process. Kevin N. Lala tells the story of the painstaking fieldwork, the key experiments, the false leads, and the stunning scientific breakthroughs that led to this new understanding of how culture transformed human evolution. It is the story of how Darwin鈥檚 intellectual descendants picked up where he left off and took up the challenge of providing a scientific account of the evolution of the human mind.

Awards and Recognition

  • Winner of the 2017 British Psychological Society Book Awards, Best Academic Monograph
  • Winner of the 2018 PROSE Award in Biological Science, Association of American Publishers
  • One of Forbes.com鈥檚 10 Best Biology Books of 2017, chosen by GrrlScientist
  • Selected for Askblog鈥檚 Books of the year 2017