Big Brain: The Origins and Future of Human Intelligence
by:
Gary Lynch (author)
Gary Lynch (author)
Boskop Man flourished 10,000 years ago in southern Africa. Now extinct and preserved only in fossil remains, these odd-looking creatures are important to us for one astonishing reason: They were super geniuses. Boskops (not to be confused with the German punk band of the same name) had forebrains...
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Boskop Man flourished 10,000 years ago in southern Africa. Now extinct and preserved only in fossil remains, these odd-looking creatures are important to us for one astonishing reason: They were super geniuses. Boskops (not to be confused with the German punk band of the same name) had forebrains half again as large as our own, with projected IQs to match. In Big Brain, neuroscientists Richard Granger and Gary Lynch explain the implications for our own future of these ancient creatures' cranial capacity.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781403979780 (1403979782)
Publish date: March 4th 2008
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Pages no: 272
Edition language: English
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