9780913993002 - The Form of Man: The Evolutionary Origins of Human Intelligence di Itzkoff, Seymour W. (6 risultati)

Hardcover. 336pp, 8 plates. Very good condition with text clean & binding tight / lightly worn dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Paideia Publishers, 1983. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good with previous owner's stamp on front flyleaf leaf and bottom page end. Dust jacket is very good with light shelf wear.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Very good or better in a Very good plus dust jacket; Book shows slight bumping of corners/ends, dust jacket shows rubbing.

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Condizione: Sehr Gut. Zustandsbeschreibung: Mängelexemplar/near mint. The evolutionary origins of human intelligence. An interpretation of human evolution, and the realities of cultural life. The exploration begins with the study of the form of life, traversing the tentative gropings of intelligent organic matter in its long struggle to establish itself as life's major adaptation. Itzkoff explains how intelligence as an adaptation is the slowest and most complex of life's vehicles to escape the degradation of energy predicted by the second law of thermodynamics. The author proposes that two evolutionary processes were keys to shaping human nature along its own particular path. Paedomorphosis (infantilization) explains many of man's unique anthropoid features. Orthoselection (evolution in a straight line) allows us to complete a picture of mankind's rapid catapult in brain size expansion almost into our own day. Both concepts reveal how man could have escaped the close selective honing that would have made him a far more practical creature. The final dramatic moment came with the sudden icy extrusion of a super sapient, Homo sapiens sapiens, sometime after 100,000 B.P. It ransformed the structure of all existing transitional hominids and created the conditions for both the growth of civilization and the paradoxical dilemmas and tragedies in our present polyglot humanity. 336 Seiten mit 21 Textabb. sowie 8 Tafeln, Leinen ([The Evolution of Human Intelligence; Part 1]/Paideia 1983). Statt EUR 29,95. Gewicht: 573 g - Gebunden/Gebundene Ausgabe.

Hardcover. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!