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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good in Good dust jacket. dj. First Edition. chipping to DJ, binding very good, interior pages clean, blue boards,; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Signed by Author(s). Signed.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: 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.…

Zustand: Wie Neu. Zustandsbeschreibung: Mängelexemplar/near mint. In this volume, the author develops a full-scale model of the mind that more fully explains the relationship between I.Q. and the broader expressions of human intelligence as experienced in daily life. His model of variable intelligence further delves into the historical consequences of our ancient biological and psychoneurological heritage. Issues such as gender, race, and ethnic variability are treated factually and responsibly, taking into account the full range of empirical evidence available to scholars. The result is a theory having three complementary bodies of evidence - evolutionary, psychoneurological, and historical - building into a perspective on the factual «why» of human intellectual differences. These differences can best be observed in the richness and diversity of individual personality as well as in the cultures of our world. Itzkoff here takes the first tentative steps toward a biological explanation of the nature and structure of culture. 392 Seiten, Leinen (The Evolution of Human Intelligence; Part 3/Paideia 1987). Statt EUR 29,95. Gewicht: 678 g - Gebunden/Gebundene Ausgabe.…

Zustand: Wie Neu. Zustandsbeschreibung: Mängelexemplar/near mint. The creation of 'Homo sapiens sapiens'. In this volume, the author focuses on the evolutionary dynamics that led to the production of ever more intelligent humans, finally culminating in this sudden spasm of reconstruction. Itzkoff has followed the evidence carefully, attempting to stay within the assignable limits of evolutionary theory to produce a most-probable model of the dynamics that extruded this enigmatic creature, Homo sapiens sapiens. 2. Auflage. 210 Seiten mit 5 Textabb. sowie 8 Tafeln, Leinen (The Evolution of Human Intelligence; Part 2/Paideia 1986). Statt EUR 29,95. Gewicht: 449 g - Gebunden/Gebundene Ausgabe.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good+. No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition (Unstated). Evolution Of Human Intelligence, 3; 392 pages; Ex-Library copy with usual identifiers. Cocked spine. Minor smudges to the exterior edges of textblock. Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings on text pages. ; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence. …

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