Michael C. Corballis

The Lopsided Ape

Evolution of the Generative Mind

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Produktbeschreibung

What is it that allows human beings to think the way we do? What enables us to communicate with one another through the use of speech? Is the difference between Homo sapiens and other apes simply a matter of degree or are we unique and discontinuous from other species? Michael C. Corballis argues that this century-old debate lies in the fact that humans are the only primates that are predominantly right-handed, a sign of the specialization of the left hemisphere of the brain for language. Surveying the current views of evolution using evidence from archaeology, linguistics, neurology, and genetics, Corballis takes us on a fascinating tour of the origins and implications of the structure of the human brain, accounting for the dominance of humanity over all species.

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"The Lopsided Ape" takes readers on a fascinating tour of the origins and implications of the specialization of the two halves of the brain in human evolution, offering a provocative new theory on how the left hemisphere of the brain controls language.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 380
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 1993
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 616g
• ISBN-13: 9780195083521
• ISBN-10: 0195083520
• Artikelnr.: 22244707

Autorenporträt

Michael Corballis is Professor of Psychology at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, and is the author Human Laterality and other books.

Inhaltsangabe

Are humans unique?
Human evolution
The human condition
Human handedness
Human language
The evolution of language
Language and the brain
Praxis and the left brain
The magic carpet
The duality of the brain
The plastic brain
Conclusions.