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THE FIRST IDEA
HOW SYMBOLS, LANGUAGE, AND INTELLIGENCE EVOLVED FROM OUR PRIMATE ANCESTORS TO MODERN HUMANS |
| By: |
Stanley I. Greenspan, Stuart Shanker |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
| List price:
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£12.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0786737050 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780786737055 |
| Publisher: |
THE PERSEUS BOOKS GROUP |
| Pub. date: |
25 March, 2009 |
| Description: |
This work presents the hypothesis that the development of our higher-level symbolic thinking, language and social skills cannot be explained by genes and natural selection, but depends on cultural practices learned anew by each generation over millions of years, dating back to primate and cultures. |
| Synopsis: |
In the childhood of every human being and at the dawn of human history there is an amazing and, until now, unexplained leap from simple genetically programmed behavior to language, symbolic thinking, and culture. In The First Idea, Stanley Greenspan and Stuart Shanker explore this missing link and offer brilliant new insights into two longstanding questions: how human beings first create symbols and how these abilities evolved and were transmitted across generations over millions of years. From fascinating research into the intelligence of both human infants and apes, they identify certain cultural practices that are vitally important if we are to have stable and reflective future societies. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Da Capo Press Inc |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |