The human instinct : how we evolved to have reason, consciousness, and free will / Kenneth R. Miller.
By: Miller, Kenneth R. (Kenneth Raymond) [author.]
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Williamson County Public Library | Williamson County Public Library | Nonfiction | 2nd Floor | 155.7 MIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 30100014341350 |
"April 2018"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-278) and index.
Prologue : our story -- Grandeur -- Say it ain't so -- Chance and wonder -- Explaining it all -- The mind of a primate -- Consciousness -- I, Robot -- Center stage -- Appendix : the chromosome 2 fusion site.
"A ... exploration of how humans evolved to develop reason, consciousness, and free will"--Amazon.com.
"Detailing our biological trajectory, Miller shows how we became the only species that could produce Mozart, da Vinci, and Darwin himself. A proper understanding of evolution, he says, reveals humankind in its glorious uniqueness--one foot planted firmly among all of the creatures we've evolved alongside, and the other in the special place of self-awareness and understanding that we alone occupy in the universe." -- Publisher's description.