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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

Book information

Publisher
Da Capo Press
Year
2006
ISBN
0306814498, 9780306814495
Open Library ID
OL9816447M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7470325 bytes)
Pages
503\258
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

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.

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