The deep history of ourselves : the four-billion-year story of how we got conscious brains / Joseph LeDoux ; illustrations by Caio da Silva Sorrentino.
"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 anim...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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[New York] :
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC,
[2019]
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| Summary: | "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." --Amazon. |
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| Physical Description: | xviii, 412 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [383]-400) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780735223837 0735223831 |